TerryKay wrote:

Here is the Forme Of Cury with one of the 'Two Fat Ladies', Clarissa on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuvbtFOm01o

Look at the the footage of the young king at 1min-30secs.
Remind you of anyone?

Who said time is linear? Pah!

Meant to follow 4 bears?!?
They don't call him Goldilocks for nothing.

So I take it that it's just me that thinks Jamie looks like Richard the second here then.
I look more like a Richard the third.

Richard the third and the four bears. Great kids story.

Last edited by TerryKay (Mon 10 May 10 1:51pm)

TerryKay wrote:

Fancy hedgehog for tea?

Gut and clean it.
Pack it in clay rich mud.
Throw it on the fire.
Done.

The clay holds in moisture like an oven chicken brick. It protects the hedgehog from direct heat. Also the clay harden to the spikes (hairs) making it easy peel.

...............have you ever eaten Hedgehog, Terry?

It was a relatively common meat source when I was a girl.

minerva wrote:

minerva wrote:

TerryKay wrote:

Fancy hedgehog for tea?

Gut and clean it.
Pack it in clay rich mud.
Throw it on the fire.
Done.

The clay holds in moisture like an oven chicken brick. It protects the hedgehog from direct heat. Also the clay harden to the spikes (hairs) making it easy peel.

...............have you ever eaten Hedgehog, Terry?

It was a relatively common meat source when I was a girl.

Edit: You can also cook pigeon (& other game birds) in the same way feathers & all, which then peel away from the flesh when the clay is broken apart.

Note: "Puddle" your clay properly mind, or the impurities/air pockets will cause it to break apart when it gets hot in the fire.

I'm hoping you've heard of Puddleduck. There's your source.

minerva wrote:

...................I've never found a duck that can puddle clay well enough to do the job yet. Besides I'd rather eat the duck than mess about with it!

Look up the Beatrix Potter 'Jemima Puddleduck' picture and tell me if you've seen it before.