Ex Torinus, not mentioned by the other editors. The sense of this word is not clear. It must be a recipe or a chapter the existence of which was known to Torinus, for he says: "This entire chapter is wanting in our copy."
[59] A DISH OF SOW'S MATRIX _VULVULÆ BOTELLI_ [1]
ENTRÉES [2] OF SOW'S MATRIX [3] ARE MADE THUS: CRUSH PEPPER AND CUMIN WITH TWO SMALL HEADS OF LEEK, PEELED, ADD TO THIS PULP RUE, BROTH [and the sow's matrix or fresh pork] CHOP, [or crush in mortar very fine] THEN ADD TO THIS [forcemeat] INCORPORATING WELL PEPPER GRAINS AND [pine] NUTS [4] FILL THE CASING [5] AND BOIL IN WATER [with] OIL AND BROTH [for seasoning] AND A BUNCH OF LEEKS AND DILL.
[1] G.-V. _Vulvulæ Botelli_; Sch. _Vulvulæ isiciata_; Tor. _De Vulvulis 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.
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 Originally made of raw blood, they are in fact, miniature blood sausage.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.
[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_.