[Sca-cooks] Turtle "delicacy/delight of princes and great lords"

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Hmmm.... Having looked around, I still don't see any recipes from our  
period for turtle. Nor do I see its meat discussed in the dietetics of Vilanova  
or Aldebrandino. But Charles Estienne (1564) refers to it as "delices des  
princes et gros seigneurs"

L'Agriculture et maison rustique de M. Charles Estienne... Plus vn bref  ...
By  Charles Estienne
_https://books.google.com/books?id=9s7Hsu_IxQEC&dq=tortue%20inauthor%3Aestie
nne&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false_ 
(https://books.google.com/books?id=9s7Hsu_IxQEC&dq=tortue%20inauthor:estienne&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false) 
 
So clearly it  was not only eaten, but prized.

Jim Chevallier

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