[Sca-cooks] Roman peacocks served in feathers?

[Johnna Holloway]

You might want to take a look at references cited in Andrew Dalby's Food in the Ancient World.

Johnnae

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On Sep 6, 2013, at 1:04 AM, JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:

> 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?
> 
> Jim  Chevallier
>