[Sca-cooks] Milt or soft roe

[Donna Green]

Subject: [Sca-cooks] Milt or soft roe

Is milt, soft roe, male genitalia of fish containing sperm used as food available today? It was sold fresh in 15 C. and consumed as a delicacy
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I have cured milt, using the same method for making botarga (cured fish eggs). During the herring run here in San Francisco Bay, I just get several whole herring. You can't tell the males from the females until you cut them open to find eggs or milt. Since the curing process is the same, it doesn't really matter.
What is the reference you have for the fresh milt being sold in the 15th c?
Juana IsabellaWest