Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

et botellis_. See note No. 3. [2] V. "_Entrées_" out of respect for the ancients who used them as such; today we would class such dishes among the "_hors d'{oe}uvres chauds_." [3] V. _Vulvula_, dim. for _vulva_, sow's matrix. Cf. _vulva_ in dictionary. Possible, also possible that _volva_ is meant--a meat roll, a croquette. [4] V. Combinations of chopped nuts and pork still in vogue today; we use the green pistachios. [5] V. The casings which were filled with this forcemeat may have been the sow's matrices, also caul. The original is vague on the point. [60] LITTLE SAUSAGE _BOTELLUM_ [1] BOTELLUM IS MADE OF [2] HARD BOILED YOLKS OF EGG [3] CHOPPED PIGNOLIA NUTS, ONION AND LEEKS, RAW GROUND PINE [4] FINE PEPPER, STUFF IN CASINGS AND COOK IN BROTH AND WINE [5]. [1] V. _Botelli_, or _botuli_, are sausage of various kind; (French, Boudin, English, Pudding). Originally made of raw blood, they are in fact, miniature blood sausage. The absence of meat in the present formula makes me believe that it is not complete, though hard boiled yolk when properly seasoned and mixed with the right amount of fat, make a tasty forcemeat for sausage. [2] Tor. _Botellum sic fades ex oui_; Sch. and G.-V. _sex ovi_--the number of eggs is immaterial. [3] Dann. Calf's Sweetbreads. [4] Goll. _Thus crudum_--raw blood. _Thus_ or _tus_ is either frankincense or the herb, ground-pine. Dann. Rosemary. Hum. _Thus crudum lege jus crudum_--jus or broth which would make the forcemeat soft. There is no reason for changing "_thus_" into "_jus_!" [5] G.-V. _Adicies liquamen et vinum, et sic coques_. Tor. & _vino decoquas_. IV [61] LUCANIAN SAUSAGE _LUCANICÆ_ LUCANIAN SAUSAGE [or meat pudding] ARE MADE SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE: CRUSH PEPPER, CUMIN, SAVORY, RUE, PARSLEY, CONDIMENT, LAUREL BERRIES AND BROTH; MIX WITH FINELY CHOPPED [fresh Pork] AND POUND WELL WITH BROTH. TO THIS MIXTURE, BEING RICH, ADD WHOLE PEPPER AND NUTS. WHEN FILLING CASINGS CAREFULLY PUSH THE MEAT THROUGH. HANG SAUSAGE UP TO SMOKE. V. Lister's interesting remarks about the makers of these sausages are given in the dictionary. Cf. Longano. V