[Sca-cooks] OOP Book: The Market Assistant

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Interesting indeed - even if there is no peacock (and yet peacock was  
served at Delmonico's at least once). Lots of turtle of course (which makes me  
wonder why we don't see more of it in our period, especially since people 
were  forever repurposing aquatic animals as "fish" for fast days). And don't 
miss the  intro on "casualty meats" (which, arguably ARE addressed by 
medieval  penitentials) and, not only other countries' use of horse-meat, but the 
merits  of... mule-meat. (Which at least comes closer to the Romans' taste 
for wild ass,  even though they frowned upon eating horses.)
 
Jim  Chevallier

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In a message dated 6/7/2015 4:34:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
guillaumedep at gmail.com writes:

The  Market Assistant
https://books.google.com/books?id=2z4EAAAAYAAJ

It  is a catalog of foods available for sale in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia,  and Brooklyn during the mid-19th century. I hope it is
enjoyable to  all.