[Sca-cooks] Lobster in Period
Daniel Myers
dmyers at medievalcookery.com
Thu Jan 16 07:12:38 PST 2014
Sorry about the piecemeal nature of my reply - I keep getting
distracted.
There's a nice lobster in the lower left corner of Campi's "Christ in
the House of Mary and Martha" (1580). It looks pretty much like the
ones I've eaten.
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/campi/vincenzo/marymart.html
- Doc
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Aline Swynbrook <alineswynbrook at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, January 15, 2014 4:56 pm
>
> I am currently working on a menu for an A&S entry and am trying to do some research on lobster in period. Does anyone have any sources on which species might be correct? I am finding documentation on Homarus Gammarus (common European lobster) from 1708, but haven't seen anything earlier.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aline
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