cockenthrice
Jan. 30th, 2014 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordcockenthrice - n., a Tudor dish in which the forepart of a small pig is sewn to the hindquarters of a large chicken.
No, really. More coverage. In case you're curious, the result is stuffed as if for pig and roasted on a spit. Etymology is obscure, though obviously the cock- part is the chicken -- but why three?
---L.
No, really. More coverage. In case you're curious, the result is stuffed as if for pig and roasted on a spit. Etymology is obscure, though obviously the cock- part is the chicken -- but why three?
---L.
