historyshapes, 11 months ago @jlundell @histodons I had never heard the term myself, but it's used in a version of this recipe from 1780: "Take 10 gallons ale, a large cock (the older the better). Slay, caw and gut him, and stamp him in a stone mortar." I took it to mean removing the beak (and perhaps feathers). I can't seem to find much else on the term either. - mert.
@jlundell @histodons I had never heard the term myself, but it's used in a version of this recipe from 1780:
"Take 10 gallons ale, a large cock (the older the better). Slay, caw and gut him, and stamp him in a stone mortar."
I took it to mean removing the beak (and perhaps feathers). I can't seem to find much else on the term either. - mert.