_VULVAE STERILES, CALLUM LUMBELLI COTICULAE ET UNGELLAE_

[251] SPAYED SOW'S WOMB [1]
_VULVAE STERILES_

STERILE SOW'S WOMB (ALSO UDDER AND BELLY) IS PREPARED IN THIS MANNER:
TAKE [2] LASER FROM CYRENE OR PARTHIA, VINEGAR AND BROTH.

[1] The vulva of a sow was a favorite dish with the
ancients, considered a great delicacy. Sows were
slaughtered before they had a litter, or were spayed for
the purpose of obtaining the sterile womb.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[252] ANOTHER WAY
_ALITER_

TAKE PEPPER, CELERY SEED, DRY MINT, LASER ROOT, HONEY, VINEGAR AND
BROTH.

[253] SPAYED SOW'S WOMB
_VULVAE STERILES_

WITH PEPPER, BROTH AND PARTHIAN LASER.

[254] ANOTHER WAY
_ALITER_

WITH PEPPER, LOVAGE [1] AND BROTH AND A LITTLE CONDIMENT.

[1] Wanting in Lister.

[255] CRACKLINGS, PORK SKIN, TENDERLOIN, TAILS AND FEET
_CALLUM, LUMBELLI _[1]_ COTICULAE, UNGELLAE_

SERVE WITH PEPPER, BROTH AND LASER (WHICH THE GREEKS CALL "SILPHION")
[2].

[1] Tor., G.-V. _libelli_.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[256] GRILLED SOW'S WOMB
_VULVAM UT TOSTAM FACIAS_

ENVELOPE IN BRAN, AFTERWARDS [1] PUT IN BRINE AND THEN COOK IT.

[1] We would reverse the process: first pickle the
vulva, then coat it with bran (or with bread crumbs) and
fry.

II

[257] SOW'S BELLY
_SUMEN_

SOW'S UDDER OR BELLY WITH THE PAPS ON IT IS PREPARED IN THIS MANNER
[1] THE BELLY BOIL, TIE IT TOGETHER WITH REEDS, SPRINKLE WITH SALT AND
PLACE IT IN THE OVEN, OR, START ROASTING ON THE GRIDIRON. CRUSH
PEPPER, LOVAGE, WITH BROTH, PURE WINE, ADDING RAISIN WINE TO TASTE,
THICKEN [the sauce] WITH ROUX AND POUR IT OVER THE ROAST.

[1] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[258] STUFFED SOW'S BELLY
_SUMEN PLENUM_

FULL [1] SOW'S BELLY IS STUFFED WITH [2] CRUSHED PEPPER, CARRAWAY,
SALT MUSSELS; SEW THE BELLY TIGHT AND ROAST. ENJOY THIS WITH A BRINE
SAUCE AND MUSTARD.

[1] Full grown, also stuffed with forcemeat.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

III

FIG-FED PORK
_FICATUM_ [1]

[1] Tor. _De Sycoto, id est, Ficato_.

[259] WINE SAUCE FOR FIG-FED PORK
_IN FICATO {OE}NOGARUM_ [1]

FIG-FED PORK LIVER (THAT IS, LIVER CRAMMED WITH FIGS) IS PREPARED IN A
WINE SAUCE WITH [2] PEPPER, THYME, LOVAGE, BROTH, A LITTLE WINE AND
OIL [3].

[1] Tor. _Ficatum, iecur suillum_.

[2] Tor.