[Sca-cooks] chicken breeds in period? (sort of off-topic)

[christine lopez]

Spellings were and still are called the chickens that fed the Roman army.
They are a period breed they are considered rare but we have enjoyed
raising them. Most of the hatcheries have them. Also the Silkies have been
around for centuries in China and have been mentioned  as being in Italy in
the 14/1500 but I can't remember the doc. It was an ag doc not a cookbook.
Leonor Constanza
On Apr 24, 2013 3:57 PM, "Carol Smith" <eskesmith at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Could anyone provide me with information on chicken breeds available in
> Europe during our time period (date and place would be a plus)?  And if yo
> know of any such breeds, is there any source where I could get them around
> NYC?  We're trying something, just for fun here: comparing several types of
> chicken using one recipe (Markham's excellent way to cook chicken) for
> flavor comparison.
>
> So far, we think we'll be trying Chinese silk chicken, a free-range
> chicken, a commercially produced chicken, a Cornish game hen or a Guinea
> hen, and possibly a "period breed" of chicken, if such a bird exists.
>
> Regards,
> Brekke
>
>
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