[Sca-cooks] Period Japanese cooking?

[Terry Decker]

Both rabbits and hares have species native to Japan.  Whether they appear in 
Japanese cooking in SCA period is another question.  Pentalagus furnessi, 
the Amami rabbit, is a primitive species that was once found all across Asia 
and now has a limited range.  In Japan, it exists on two small islands.  The 
Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus, has a much wider range, being found on all 
the main islands except Honshu.  There are a number of species across the 
rest of Asia, but the ranges tend to be limited.  It is possible that they 
were hunted to extinction in some areas, but I lack a lot of detail to carry 
that thought beyond idle speculation.

Bear

Original Message----- 

Hmmm. Were their rabbits or hares in Japan in period?


Stefan