Assertion: peacock | /r/HasProperty | discarded as a table bird
Facets:
value: for the more fleshy american birds
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Medieval Europe carried on the barberous act of eating peafowl and it was only after the 1600th Century, when turkeys were imported from Mexico, that the peacock was discarded as a table bird for the more fleshy American birds.