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84 THE ROYAL TABLE
lungs before salting, though this is not strictly necessary. 54
Feet may be salted over the hair of the hide, but should
be slit above the hoofs and kept in an upright position
during the salting period. 55 The head should be split open,
the brains removed, and the meninges pierced; then the
head and the brains should be salted separately. This is
the best practice, but is not obligatory. If it is desired
to keep the head whole, the skull should be opened, the
bloody tissues surrounding the brain pierced, the salt applied
all around the head and in the crack in the skull, and
the crack kept downwards during the; salting period. 58 The
digestive organs themselves contain very little blood, but
the fat which surrounds them is full of blood vessels, and
these must be removed. 57
Aside from the cow's upper
stomach, which must be salted, none of the digestive or-
gans require salting according to the strict construction of
the law, yet it is customary to salt them. However, if they
were cleared of the fat in which the blood-vessels abound
and cooked without salting, they may be eaten. 68 The
entrails should be salted on the outer side, where the fat
and blood are found. If they are salted on the inside only
It is as though they had not been salted at all, as the walls
of the intestines contain very little blood and only
act as
a barrier between the salt and the blood-vessels in the fat
on the opposite side. If the error in the salting procedure
is noticed before cooking, the entrails should be resalted
on the proper side; but if they have already been cooked,
the entire contents of the pot are rendered inedible. 59 Eggs
*
Y. D. ibid. 4, after a responsum of Rivash.
85
Y. D. 71, 2, after Rashba.
"Hulhn 93; Y, D. ibid 1, 3.
w Hulhn 113a, Y. D. 75, 1.
81
Hullin 113a, and Mordecai and Rabbenu Nissim thereto. Yoreh
Deah 75, 1, Ramah.
* Y. D. ibid, after Rashba.