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Gargantua and Pantagruel

by François Rabelais

GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUELFRANÇOIS RABELAIS
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“Chitterlings, gar- Chines and peas. Hams. nished with mus- Hog’s haslets. Brawn heads. tard. Scotch collops. Powdered venison, Sausages. Puddings. with turnips. Neats’ tongues. Cervelats. Pickled olives. Hung beef. Bologna sausages.”

From a cookbook of 1871

A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.

1871  ·  Harland
PORK AND PEAS PUDDING

Soak the pork, which should not be a fat piece, over night in cold water; and in another pan a quart of dried split peas. In the morning put on the peas to boil slowly until tender. Drain and rub through a cullender; season with pepper and salt, and mix with them two tablespoonfuls of butter and two beaten eggs. Beat all well together. Have ready a floured pudding-cloth, and put the pudding into it. Tie it up, leaving room for swelling; put on in warm, not hot water, with the pork, and boil them together an hour. Lay the pork in the centre of the dish, turn out the pudding, slice and arrange about the meat.

Sources: The passage is from François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, tr. Motteux, Peter Anthony, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Harland, Common Sense in the Household of 1871, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — burgundy cloth, tankard stamp.

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