SC - OT Desired Answer to the Sicilian Question

[Laura C. Minnick]

> > > "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."

> > Well, that makes sense. Where does the bread go, though? With the
eggs?
>
> The bread is chopped up with the meat.  That much is clear from
> the original.  What's open to doubt is whether the meat and bread
> are mixed with the eggs or kept separate.
[snip]
> In most of the recipes where I've seen it used, soaked bread is a
> thickening agent, not a major ingredient.

That was another confusing point. If you only put in enough to make it
thick, then why is it being cut up with the meat? Or is this some other
bread?

- -- Jadwiga