Dear Elizabeth,
there is, of course, plenty of cooking litterature, receipts etc. from
the South German/Austrian Catholic region about beaver and related fish
substitutes until the 19th c. Interestingly, De Grossi Mazzorin/Minniti
(Anthropozoologica 30/1999), in two convents from Rome, had only the
otter and most other species we had in Mauerbach, but no beaver,
possibly because of no availability of this species in Central Italy.
However, they mention the discussion if the whole beaver or only its
tail (because of the "scales") should be regarded as fish.
Thank you, Sheila, for giving the references
all the best
Karl
Elizabeth Arnold schrieb:
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> Hello all.
>
> I have in my memory a zooarchaeology article that discussed an
> assemblage (from a monastery?) that had large amounts of beaver bone.
> The interpretation provided was that beaver was defined as “fish” as
> an aquatic animal for consumption.
>
> Can anyone provide a full reference (or the article)?
>
> Many thanks, I must be getting old.
>
> Best,
>
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