[1] List. Probably named for Julius Fronto, _praetor
urbanus_ under Vitellius. Cornelius Fronto was an orator
and author at the time of emperor Hadrian. Cf. {Rx} No.
246. G.-V. Frontinianus.

[375] SUCKLING PIG STEWED IN WINE
_PORCELLUM {OE}NOCOCTUM_ [1]

SCALD [parboil] THE PIG [and] MARINATE [2] PLACE IN A SAUCE PAN [with]
OIL, BROTH, WINE AND WATER, TIE A BUNCH OF LEEKS AND CORIANDER; [cook
(in the oven)] WHEN HALF DONE COLOR WITH REDUCED MUST. IN THE MORTAR
PUT PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY, ORIGANY, CELERY SEED, LASER ROOT AND
CRUSH THEM, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, ADD THE PIG'S OWN GRAVY AND RAISIN
WINE TO TASTE. ADD THIS [to the meat in the sauce pan] AND LET IT
BOIL. WHEN BOILING BIND WITH ROUX. THE PIG, PLACED ON A PLATTER, MASK
[with the sauce] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] Tor. _vino elixatus_; G.-V. _{oe}nococtum_.

[2] It is presumed that the pig is prepared for coction
as in the foregoing, namely cleaned, washed, boned, etc.
This also applies to the succeeding recipes of pig.

[376] PIG A LA CELSINUS [1]
_PORCELLUM CELSINIANUM_

PREPARE [as above] INJECT [the following dressing made of] PEPPER,
RUE, ONIONS, SATURY, THE PIG'S OWN GRAVY [and] EGGS THROUGH THE EAR
[2] AND OF PEPPER, BROTH AND A LITTLE WINE [make a sauce which is
served] IN THE SAUCE BOAT [3]; AND ENJOY IT.

[1] Tor. _Caesianus_; Tac. _cesinianum_; G.-V.
_Celsinianum_. Lister goes far out of his way to prove
that the man for whom this dish was named was Celsinus.
He cites a very amusing bit of ancient humor by Petrus
Lambecius, given below.

[2] Really a dressing in a liquid state when raw, a
custard syringed into the carcass, which congeals during
coction. Eggs must be in proper proportion to the other
liquids. The pig thus filled is either steamed, roasted
or baked, well protected by buttered or oiled paper--all
of which the ancient author failed to state, as a matter
of course.

[3] _acetabulum._

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"The Porker's Last Will and Testament"
by Petrus Lambecius

(V. Barnab. Brissonium de Formulis lib. VII, p. 677)
[ex Lister, 1705, p. 196; Lister, 1709, p. 236].

"I, M. Grunter Corocotta Porker, do hereby make my last
will and testament. Incapable of writing in my own hand,
I have dictated what is to be set down:

"The Chief Cook sayeth: 'Come here, you--who h