Postcard of Epigram 27

"Tomorrow, friend Piso, your musical comrade drags you to his modest digs at three in the afternoon,
feeding you at tyour annual visit to the Twentieth. If you will miss udders and Bromian win mis en bouteilles in Chios,
yet you wil see faithful comrades, yet you will hear things far aweeter than the land of the Phaeacians.
And if you ever turn an eye to us too, Piso, instead of a modest feast we shall lead a richer one."

(Translated by David Sider 1997)

αὔριον εἰς λιτήν σε καλιάδα, φίλτατε Πείσων,
ἐξ ἐνάτης ἕλκει μουσοφιλὴς ἕταρος,
εἰκάδα δειπνίζων ἐνιαύσιον: εἰ δ᾽ ἀπολείψεις
οὔθατα καὶ Βρομίου χιογενῆ πρόποσιν,
ἀλλ᾽ ἑτάρους ὄψει παναληθέας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπακούσῃ
Φαιήκων γαίης πουλὺ μελιχρότερα:
ἢν δέ ποτε στρέψῃς καὶ ἐς ἡμέας ὄμματα, Πείσων,
ἄξομεν ἐκ λιτῆς εἰκάδα πιοτέρην.

Aspicius documents recipes for οὔθατα (oúthata, "udders") in his book The Culinary Masters (7.2.1-2).

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Sow's udder or belly with the paps on it is prepared in this manner:⁠ the belly boil, tie it together with reeds, sprinkle with salt and place it in the oven, or, start roasting on the gridiron. Crush pepper, lovage, with broth, pure wine, adding raisin wine to taste, thicken the sauce with roux and pour it over the roast. Full⁠ sow's belly is stuffed with⁠ crushed pepper, carraway, salt mussels; sew the belly tight and roast. Enjoy this with a brine sauce and mustard.