[Sca-cooks] Roman peacocks served in feathers?

Sharon Palmer ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Thu Sep 5 23:38:46 PDT 2013


>A number of secondary sources claim that the Romans, like later medieval 
>kings, served peacocks in their own feathers. Only trouble is, I have yet to
>see  any Roman sources specifically describing a peacock being served this
>way.
>
>Has anyone else?

I've no idea, but I asked the question on the Apicus list.  Someone 
there might.
Ranvaig



More information about the Sca-cooks mailing list