[Sca-cooks] Swine

[Stefan li Rous]

And the ongoing argument about whether period pigs were fatter than modern ones. I've changed my own opinion on this myself. I think the peasant-kept pigs were likely on the lean side, whereas the ones raised by/for nobles were fatter with better grazing areas and more nuts.
Stefan
(A long running argument between me and another old-time SCA-Cook member whose name I can currently remember}

> On Nov 5, 2020, at 8:46 AM, Daniel And elizabeth phelps <dephelps at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps it is fodder for an article in TI or even inclusion in a larger effort. A CA regarding domestic critters in period?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandra J. Kisner" <sjk3 at cornell.edu>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 7:49:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Swine
> 
> Interesting.  At first I was wondering when the city of York and/or Richard III would come up (they didn't), but this is only an excerpt from something larger.  Whetting the appetite, as it were.
> 
> Sandra
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sca-cooks <sca-cooks-bounces+sjk3=cornell.edu at lists.ansteorra.org> On Behalf Of Daniel And elizabeth phelps
> Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7:44 PM
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> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Swine
> 
> What follows is a link to an interesting exposition regarding swine in period. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/ubiquitous-medieval-pigs?utm_source=pocket-newtab 
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