SC - Adjustments, ethical or otherwise

[Philip & Susan Troy]

> "To make tredura, take whites of leek and boil them, whole, then 
> chop them well with a knife; then fry them with the fat of meat you 
> have cooked; take bread and grate it, and soak it in hot water; take 
> a piece of meat, and chop the bread and the meat with a knife; 
> then take beaten eggs and plenty of saffron, beat together, and 
> pour over the fried leeks with plenty of spices; and it will be good."

*blink* Ok, I must be mixing it up with the recipe for Limonia, which we
cooked the same day. *sigh*
 
> As for looks... I see that the redaction directs you to mix together 
> the diced pork, bread, eggs and saffron, then add all that to the 
> leeks.  However, the original does not say anything about when the 
> meat and bread are to be added to the other ingredients.  

I assumed because of the sentence structure that you were to chop the
bread and the meat together, then beat the bread/meat mixtue together with
the beaten eggs and saffron (otherwise why would it specify 'beat
together'?)

>I would 
> be inclined to put the meat on the platter, and top it with the leeks 
> and eggs.  Since there is "plenty of saffron" in the eggs, and you're 
> only using the whites of the leeks, it will be bright and golden -- just 
> the sort of thing that medieval cooks liked to use for dramatic effect.

Well, that makes sense. Where does the bread go, though? With the eggs?

The idea that it would cook if you dumped it on top of HOT cooked leeks
also makes sense, especially if you only used a few breadcrumbs...

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