SC - is this a food term?

[Linda Giddings]

Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> The following is a portion of a letter from a Tudor newsgroup I belong to.
> 
> > In a "man"ner of speaking, it certainly gives "body" to any meal. " Human
> >  beans" are always delicious with faggots, aren't they?
> >
>  I've looked up *faggots* in the dictionary and my few other meager food
> sources and I cannot find this term as related to food.  Does anybody know
> what faggots means in terms of food?
> 
> The only thing the dictionary said was:
> '...contemptuous term for a woman from the 1590s...."
> Thanks, Phillipa

Dearest Lady,

     According to The Encyclopedia of Food" Faggot(Fr.Crepinette) A flat
pork sausagemeat dumpling made with breadcrumbs, liver, onion, and
seasonings wrapped in a pig's caul.
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