Aug 7, 2019 · OXFORD, England — A starter of stuffed dormouse, anyone? The dish was a delicacy in ancient Rome. It was prepared by gutting the mouse, filling it with pork mince, and baking it.

Jun 26, 2017 · There’s dormouse stuffed with pork and its own trimmings, then pounded out with pepper, laser (the juice of a giant fennel plant), broth, and nuts; after, this concoction is put in a casserole...

Nov 5, 2019 · For my first culinary history video I have chosen a famous, or maybe infamous Ancient Roman recipe: stuffed dormice. A dormouse is a little rodent that now is a protected species, but don't...

Now most English people on being informed of this Roman culinary delight automatically think of the common or hazel dormouse (Mucardinus avellanarius) famously seen being stuffed into a teapot by the Hatter and the March Hare at the formers tea party in …

Mar 7, 2024 · Stuffed Dormouse Is stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings, all pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth. Put the dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen casserole, roast it in the oven, or boil it in the stock pot.

Oct 28, 2021 · “Stuffed Dormouse is stuffed with a forcemeat of Pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings, all pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth. Put the Dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen casserole, roast in the oven, or boil it in a stock pot.”

Dec 1, 2020 · Stuff the dormice with minced pork as well as the flesh from all of the dormouse’s limbs, together with ground pepper, pine nuts, laser and liquamen and place them sewn up on a clay tile in the oven or cook them in a roasting pan.

Apr 25, 2022 · Stuffed dormouse was a delicacy among the Romans. Some patrons would weigh the dormice in front of their guests as a status symbol. The chefs of Rome gutted the dormice and then stuffed them...

Jun 6, 2017 · The lone surviving cookbook, authored by Apicius (who may or may not have been a mix of various chefs), notes the following recipe for glires (stuffed dormice): “[It] is stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings, all pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth. Put the dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen ...

Dec 11, 2019 · Stuffed dormouse (a fattened up mouse that was considered a delicacy) with minced pork was one of the specialties served at a banquet along with a pâté from the liver of a force‐fed goose, boiled ostrich with pepper and ostrich stew with pepper, lovage, thyme, honey, mustard, vinegar, broth, and oil.