[Sca-cooks] Re: Liver dumplings

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Louise Smithson:
>  > There are plenty of recipes in Italian cooking for
>fegatini or litteraly faggots.  They cook the liver in
>broth, grind with cheese and bread and then roll in a
>caul and grill or boil again prior to serving,
>somewhat of a liver sausage, similar to what you are
>talking about, but not using raw liver as a starting
>point.

I could be wrong, but I get the impression you may be putting the 
etymological cart before the horse. I think "fegato" is an Italian 
word denoting "liver", with numerous liver dishes having that root in 
common to their names. I think the English dish of "faggots" 
(whatever way one interprets this word) is probably an Italian 
import, and presumably doesn't refer specifically to bundles of wood, 
cigarettes, or whatever.

Adamantius