Saturday, 22 March 2014

PORK BELLY......

Sow`s udder or belly with paps on it is prepared in this manner ; 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 pout it over the roast.in Apicius time ...the selected pig would have been starved .To torture the animal wold bring out the flavour of the meat  ( Vegans promote this  argument to day).  Hey I`m just quoting history .......in  case of the pig ...it is force fed  with figs after being starved ...then given mead to drink . the figs expand  or ferment, then the liver expands    ( the modern equivalent  Foie Gras or" fat liver " ) and the pig dies .
Apicius  - first century AD

HIOS IS

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