[Sca-cooks] Game for Your Feast
Antonia di B C
dama.antonia at gmail.com
Wed Mar 2 11:35:00 PST 2011
On 2/03/2011 5:02 PM, Terry Decker wrote:
> Turkey wasn't available prior to 1523-7 when the first fruits of
> Mexico began flowing back to Europe. However, they were being farmed
> in Europe by the mid-16tgh Century to the extent that they were served
> at a feast given by Catherine de Medici in 1549 and they were less
> expensive than peacocks, pheasants, bustyards, cranes, swans, etc.
>
> Guinea fowl were probably available.
Quite true. I have recipes for turkey from English, Italaian, and (I
think), German sources.
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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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