[Sca-cooks] oxtail soup
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Tue Jan 25 17:18:18 PST 2011
I would say your assumption is in error as available evidence suggests a
later origin for oxtail soup. In any event it is an unproven (and probably
unprovable) contention and should not be treated as historical fact. I
would expect, that if ox tails were used at all, they would have been added
to general stockpot and not not used to produce any specific bruet. I would
also point out that ox would be a rare food for peasants, most likely from
the death of a draft animal or from contract service (of which there would
be a record even if it no longer exists).
I think pheasants might be more interested in suet than ox tails.
Bear
> yes, i'm assuming it was period as pheasants would use lesser pieces of
> the
> animals.... :)
>
> ***************
> Are you assuming that oxtail soup is period, or do you have evidence of
> the
> fact? The earliest English reference I can locate is from 1460 and does
> not
> appear to have any relation to soup.
>
> The Standard (23 August 1882) provides, "It was the Royalist refugees who
> taught
> us to prepare soup of the ox tails, which until then were tossed to the
> dogs."
> This appears to be the source of Larousse's opinion that oxtail soup came
> to
> England during the French Revolution.
>
> Bear
>
>
>> Good Gentles,
>> I'm having a little trouble in my search for a period (14th century)
>> oxtail
>> soup...
>>
>> Can anyone give me a little help? please...
>> thank you,
>> Lady Marie
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