Top 7 interesting facts about peacock - Page 2 of 9

They are famous for delicacy in Medieval times

During Medieval times, peacocks were plucked, roasted, and then re-dressed in their feathers to appear in their original live state on the dinner table. These birds may have looked attractive, but they supposedly tasted terrible. Melitta Weiss Adamson wrote in her book Food in Medieval Times, “It was tough and bristly, and was criticized by physicians for being hard to digest and for generating a bad sense of humor.