fetal animals was Re: SC - testicle recipes and sauces

[Bonne]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
>exotic-meats-msg  (40K)  4/27/98    Period and SCA exotic meats. Swans,
> ostrich, eels, peacocks, crawfish, dormice, snails

> 
> Stefan li Rous
> stefan at texas.net
> 
> ======================
> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 09:33:37 -0400
> From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
> Subject: SC - Re: Testicles
> 

> 
> I don't recall having seen medieval recipes that refer specifically to
> testicles. There are a few Roman recipes for various elaborate mixed
> stews and patinae that call for capon testicles, IIRC. Somewhere along
> the line I have seen recipes for pig's or lamb's fry, but as I recall,
> it wasn't immediately clear whether the main ingredient was testicles or
> unborn, fetal animals.
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> Adamantius
> ===================

So, we still don't know about fetal rabbits in period, but there may be
recipes that are possibly for fetal pigs and lambs in Roman times.

The things I learn that I'm not sure I wanted to know . . .

Bonne
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