[Sca-cooks] Turkeys

[Daniel And elizabeth phelps]

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:26:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Turkeys

<<< Saw this article and figured that as the data supports turkey  
farming in Europe in middle to late 1500's some would be interested.  
Still figure that wild turkeys would be closer to what was had in  
period.

http://www.livescience.com/17162-farmers-drive-resurgence-heritage-turkeys-thanksgiving.html

Daniel >>>

Intereesting. But the article is mostly about the rise of raising and  
selling heritage turkeys. I didn't see anything about data supporting  
turkey farming in Europe in the middle to late 1500s.

We have recipes and such for turkeys in Europe and they would probably  
have to be domesticated (grown?) there for that to be the case. But  
what info do you have on the farming of Turkeys in Europe? Did I miss  
it in the article? The Europeans had other big birds, so they knew how  
to cook and handle them, which is one reason they were adopted  
quickly. But I've seen little here on turkey farming in Europe prior  
to 1600.

Thanks,
    Stefan

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