But whole pig's feet of the most tender flavour Were placed at hand in dishes gaily adorned, And boil'd ears, and other extremities. And Alexis says, in his Dice Players-- But when we had nearly come to an end of breakfast, And eaten all the ears and pettitoes. And he says again, in his Pannuchis or in his Wool-weavers-- This meat is but half roasted, and the fragments Are wholly wasted; see this conger eel, How badly boiled; and as for the pettitoes, They now are wholly spoilt. And Pherecrates also speaks of boiled feet, in his Slave-master-- _A._ Tell us, I pray you now then, how the supper Will be prepared. _B._ Undoubtedly I will. In the first place, a dish of well-minced eel; Then cuttle-fish, and lamb, a slice of rich Well-made black pudding; then some pig's feet boil'd; Some liver, and a loin of mutton, And a mighty number of small birds; and cheese In honey steep'd, and many a slice of meat. And Antiphanes says, in his Parasite-- _A._ The well-warm'd legs of pigs. _B._ A noble dish, I swear by Vesta. _A._ Then some boiled cheese Bubbled upon the board. And Ecphantides says, in his Satyrs-- It is no great hardship, if it must be so, To buy and eat the boil'd feet of a pig. And Aristophanes speaks of tongue as a dish, in his Tryers, in the following words-- I've had anchovies quite enough; for I Am stretch'd almost to bursting while I eat Such rich and luscious food. But bring me something Which shall take off the taste of all these dainties. Bring me some liver, or a good large slice Of a young goat. And if you can't get that, Let me at least have a rib or a tongue, Or else the spleen, or entrails, or the tripe Of a young porker in last autumn born; And with it some hot rolls.