[Sca-cooks] Pompei poor eating giraffes??

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Nor did I say you had.
 
Jim  Chevallier
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In a message dated 1/3/2014 10:09:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
aruvqan at gmail.com writes:

On  1/3/2014 3:47 PM, JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:
> Pliny the Elder probably  knew Pompeii; he died there (trying to rescue
> friends). He says that  the giraffe was seen "occasionally" in Rome, which
> argues   against it being a standard food item.
>
>
I never claimed it  was a standard food  item