Subject: Re: Subject: SC - tongue

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 30 Apr 00,, that Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

[quoting Balthazar of Blackmoor]
> >  Barding is the process of wrapping the meat in bacon or other 
> > fat (such as chicken skin or goose skin with the fat layer intact).

> I haven't seen any period references to barding, that I can recall,
> although there's evidence the concept of protecting the food from the fire
> in various ways was used.
[snip]
> Adamantius

De Nola has several recipes in which roasted birds are covered with 
strips of bacon while cooking.  And there's an Italian recipe in _The 
Original Mediterranean Cuisine_ for grilled veal in which a piece of salt 
pork is placed on top of the veal in order to keep it moist.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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