27. If a Great officer, at his ordinary meals, had
mince, he did not have, at the same time, dried
slices of meat; and if he had the latter, he did
not have the former. An ordinary officer did not
have two kinds of soup, or sliced flesh. (But) old
men of the common people, did not eat their meat
alone without accompaniments.
28. Mince was made in spring, with onions; in autumn, with the mustard plant. Sucking-pig was used in spring, with scallions; in autumn, with smartweed. With lard they used onions; with fat, chives. With the three victim-animals they used pepper, and employed pickle as an accompaniment. For wild animals' flesh they used plums. In quail soup, fowl soup, and with the curlew, the condiment was smart- weed. Bream and tench were steamed; pullets, roasted; and pheasants, (boiled); with, fragrant herbs and no smart-weed.
29. Things not eaten were the turtle, when hatching; the intestines of the wolf, which were removed, as also the kidneys of the dog; the straight spine of the wild cat; the rump of the hare; the head of the fox; the brains of the sucking-pig; the yî-like bowels of fish[1]; and the perforated openings of the turtle[1].
30. (Bones and sinews) were taken from the flesh; the scales were scraped from fish; dates were made to appear as new; chestnuts were
