SC - Here's the recipe

[marilyn traber]

Uduido at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-09-10 05:28:37 EDT, you write:
>
> << What is "caul fat"? >>
>
> It is actually not fat but a membrane describedd by the American
> College
> Dictionary as follows:
>
> caul, n. a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a childd
> at
> birth, superstitiously supposed to bring good luck and to be an
> infallible
> preservative against drowning.
>
> :-). I use the term to describe the fatty membranes that hold the
> internal
> organs together.If there is another term for such a mambrane or the
> caul
> spoken of in the reciept is actual caul as described above, please let
> me
> know. If it were real caul used in the Apicius reciept that could
> account for
> the Christian myths of 'pagans eating their young'. :-0
>
> Lord Ras

the correct useage in cooking is the messentary lining of the domestic
pig, per LaRousse Gastronomie.

margali

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