REAL SAUCE FOR BOILED BOAR IS COMPOSED IN THIS MANNER [1] PEPPER,
LOVAGE, CUMIN, SILPHIUM, ORIGANY, NUTS, FIGDATES, MUSTARD, VINEGAR,
BROTH AND OIL.
[1] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.
[335] COLD SAUCE FOR BOILED BOAR [1]
_IUS FRIGIDUM IN APRUM ELIXUM_
PEPPER, CUMIN, LOVAGE, CRUSHED CORIANDER SEED, DILL SEED, CELERY
SEED, THYME, ORIGANY, LITTLE ONION, HONEY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, BROTH AND
OIL.
[1] ℞ No. 336 precedes this formula in Tor.
[336] ANOTHER COLD SAUCE FOR BOILED BOAR
_ALITER IUS FRIGIDUM IN APRUM ELIXUM_
PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, DILL SEED, THYME, ORIGANY, LITTLE SILPHIUM,
RATHER MORE MUSTARD SEED, ADD PURE WINE, SOME GREEN HERBS, A LITTLE
ONION, CRUSHED NUTS FROM THE PONTUS, OR ALMONDS, DATES, HONEY,
VINEGAR, SOME MORE PURE WINE, COLOR WITH REDUCED MUST [and add] BROTH
AND OIL [1].
[1] Strongly resembling our _vinaigrette_.
[337] ANOTHER [sauce] FOR BOAR
_ALITER [ius] IN APRO_
CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, CELERY SEED, LASER ROOT, CUMIN, FENNEL
SEED, RUE, BROTH, WINE, RAISIN WINE; HEAT, WHEN DONE TIE WITH ROUX;
COVER THE MEAT WITH THIS SAUCE SO AS TO PENETRATE THE MEAT AND SERVE.
[338] SHOULDER OF BOAR IS STUFFED IN THIS MANNER
_PERNA APRUNA ITA IMPLETUR_ [1]
LOOSEN THE MEAT FROM THE BONES BY MEANS OF A WOODEN STICK IN ORDER TO
FILL THE CAVITY LEFT BY THE BONES WITH DRESSING WHICH IS INTRODUCED
THROUGH A FUNNEL. [The dressing season with] CRUSHED PEPPER, LAUREL
BERRIES AND RUE; IF YOU LIKE, ADD LASER, THE BEST KIND OF BROTH,
REDUCED MUST AND SPRINKLE WITH FRESH OIL. WHEN THE FILLING IS DONE,
TIE THE PARTS THUS STUFFED IN LINEN, PLACE THEM IN THE STOCK POT IN
WHICH THEY ARE TO BE COOKED AND BOIL THEM IN SEA WATER, WITH A SPRIG
OF LAUREL AND DILL [2].
[1] G.-V. _Terentina_, referring to a place in the
Campus Martius, where the _ludi seculares_ were
celebrated. Tor. _recentia_, fresh.
[2] The dressing consisted principally of pork or veal
pounded fine, seasoned as directed above, and tied with
eggs, as is often prescribed by Apicius.
To verify how little high class cookery methods have
changed consult one of the foremost of modern
authorities, Auguste Escoffier, of the Carlton and Ritz
hotels, London and Paris, who in his "Guide Culinaire"
presents this dish under its ancient Italian name of
_Zampino_.
II
VENISON [Stag]
_IN CERVO_
[339] SAUCE FOR STAG
_IUS IN CERVUM_
CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY [1] ORIGANY, CELERY SEED, LASER ROOT,
FENNEL SEED, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, WINE [2] RAISIN WINE AND A LITTLE
OIL. WHEN BOILING BIND WITH ROUX; THE COOKED MEAT IMMERSE IN THIS
SAUCE [braise] TO PENETRATE AND TO SOFTEN, AND SERVE. FOR BROAD HORN
DEER AS WELL AS FOR OTHER VENISON FOLLOW SIMILAR METHODS AND USE THE
SAME CONDIMENTS.
[1] Tor. _carenum_; Hum. _legendum: careum_.
[2] Wanting in Tor.
[340] ANOTHER WAY [1]
_ALITER_
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