[Sca-cooks] The Bell of a Hog or Sheep

[Sam Wallace]

Eduardo,

Is there any way you can extract the image of the word "bell" from the
originals? Is it possible to see the entire sentence, either in its
original form(s) or in transcription? The answer to this kind of
question often relies on context. I suspect the word you are dealing
with is a abbreviation of "belly" (in which case I would look for a
line above or after it or something similar). At this point, what I
have found for "bell" as a noun do not seem remotely to have to do
with either sheep or hog except for the noise they make (as in
"bellow"). If so, I wonder if you have uncovered a recipe that
actually makes use of the pig's oink.

Guillaume
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So I am working on a critical edition of a cook book at the moment and
have decided that I need to footnote (for less experienced readers)
the phrase "the bell of a hogge or sheepe".
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