[Sca-cooks] Turkeys

[Johnna Holloway]

See
Eiche, Sabine. Presenting the Turkey. The Fabulous Story of a  
Flamboyant and Flavourful Bird. Florence, Italy: Centro Di, 2004,  
2006. Fabulous photos of 16th century European artworks featuring the  
turkey.

Smith, Andrew F. The Turkey. An American Story. Urbana: University of  
Illinois Press, 2006. Excellent work on the history of the turkey with  
a chapter subtitled “How the Turkey Conquered Europe.”

Johnnae

On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:21 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> <<< I have remembrance of a reference to turkeys being driven to  
> market in England in the late to middle 1500's.  I will attempt to  
> track it down.
> Daniel >>>
>
> Ohh. Please do. What we see from many foods from the New World  
> (maize, peppers, tomatoes) is that while being raised in Europe  
> prior to the end of our period of study, many are little known  
> outside of Spain or Spanish-influenced areas. I wouldn't call  
> England even a Spanish influenced area, and this is fifty years  
> before the end of our time. So, yes, more info would be interesting.  
> Perhaps it gets back to Europeans already knowing what to do with a  
> turkey, vs. say, tomatoes or peppers.
>
> Stefan