How to Make a Pigeon Pie
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How to Make a Pigeon Pie. Scans by Dee Shapiro 2001. Dee Shapiro. When M.F.K. Fisher published. in 1942 wartime. shortages and rationing called for all ...
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How to Make a Pigeon PiePage 1How to Make a Pigeon PieScans by Dee Shapiro 2001.Dee ShapiroWhen M.F.K. Fisher published in 1942 wartime shortages and rationing called for all the resourcefulness in cookery a chef could muster. Her chapter "How to Make a Pigeon Cry" is provided with a suitable epigraph from Jonathan Swift: "Here's a pigeon so finely roasted it cries come eat me." This reminds the reader that men have eaten creature flesh for centuries "not only to nourish their bodies but to give strength to weary spirits." Fisher roasted her pigeon during wartime when the wolf was at the door "savoring it intelligently and voluptuously too." During a recent trip to Morocco I saw none of the paucity of foodstuffs one experiences through war and famine but rather an abundance of edibles both animal and vegetable the latter including grains fruits nuts herbs and spices. In the meat market were camel goat lamb beef sheep's heads slabs of liver tripe; indeed every part of an animal which is either eaten or worn. In the fish market all varieties of fish and seafood were laid out in neat patterned squares. In the poultry market chickens were sold live. Women in caftans and veils would take the squawking birds and then holding them dangling by their feet calmly continue their shopping. The food stalls were so plentifully stocked I got the impression that North Africa could stave off famine from all the rest of the continent. Yet despite the abundance of foodstuffs Moroccans continue to eat pigeons not as a desperate wartime measure but as a delicacy.How to Cook a WolfjellabahsRELATED WEB SITES: Information for the Independent Traveler Historical literary educational art architectural and travel links]from edited by Bea Sandler University of Pennsylvania African Studies department]News information and links to related sites]Morocco BoundMoroccan dinners and menusThe African CookbookCybernio's Links to MoroccoPigeons Fisher says " ...
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