[Sca-cooks] Raw bacon thing?

[James Chevallier]

Laridum
larid.um             N      2 2 NOM S N                 
larid.um             N      2 2 VOC S N                 
larid.um             N      2 2 ACC S N                 
laridum, laridi  N  N   [XXXCX]  
bacon;
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Ah, thank you, it's been a while- I had forgotten about that. However, I
think the word, lardum, 

 This is my own translation. But the passage is much cited and always in terms of bacon:

Anthimus then points out that the Franks love raw bacon. which is good for 

 At this point I will explain how bacon may be eaten to the best effect, for there is no way that I can pass over this Frankish delicacy.

his chapter on that Frankish delicacy, raw bacon,

OF BACON Bacon, however, — than which there is nothing that gives the .Franks more pleasure I shall now explain how it may be eaten to better advantage. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Anthimus+bacon&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1

Though Dalby does indeed seem to think that bacon had a more general meaning in the period

"Greek lardion, Latin laridum, lardum is bacon: in other words, sliced ham (or any other cut of salt pork), "

So it might indeed bear further research. But the standard translation of the passage is as referring to "raw bacon".

 

Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Saint Phlip <saintphlip at gmail.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 3:42 pm
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Raw bacon thing?


Ah, thank you, it's been a while- I had forgotten about that. However, I
think the word, lardum, which is being translated as "bacon" is more
accurately translated as "pork", since I have also seen references to
"bacon from the leg". Unless perhaps, they are referencing any smoke and/or
salted pork, under the generic word "bacon", somewhat similarly to the way
that they used the word "corn" as a generic term for grain?


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM, <JIMCHEVAL at aol.com> wrote:

>
> "As for  raw bacon which as I hear the Franks are wont to eat, I am
> surprised they find  such a medicine sufficient, and that those who eat it
> so, raw,
> need no other  medicine, because its benefit is great and as an antidote
> gives them better  health, benefiting all internal organs like good
> medicine
> and any vices in the  bowels or the intestines are healed by it and if
> there
> are any intestinal worms  or ringworms moving, it expels them. For it
> tempers the belly, and what is  better, by this food they are healthier
> than
> others. For this is a great example  that is told, if one is to believe
> what is
> said, that [for] all  wounds, made outside or inside the body or from a
> blow,
> raw bacon laid  constantly along it purges the stench of the wound and
> heals it, and so can  benefit the internal organs, as said above. Here
> then is
> the benefit of raw  bacon, and as doctors try to heal with medicines or
> potions or cure with  plasters, the Franks heal with raw bacon."
>
> Jim  Chevallier
> _www.chezjim.com_ (http://www.chezjim.com/)
>
> Beyond the peacocks:  what most Medieval eaters actually ate
>
> http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/04/beyond-peacocks-what-most-medieval.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/7/2014 1:11:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> saintphlip at gmail.com writes:
>
> Which  raw bacon thing are you referring  to?
>


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