Volker BachPiecing together references to a medieval market snack. Culinary history can be fascinating.
https://www.culina-vetus.de/2026/04/01/a-description-of-danish-foodways/
Pleno foro edunt butelli rubri inpositi in panes quasi dicitur vulgo semil id est similia, longiori sunt quam nostri. Sinapi salatibus cucumeribusqve condiant et ceppi in larido sartagine assati superponunt. Et porcellum baubantum vulgo varkelen ille odiosum valde laudant. E carro venditi calidi vidi.
In the marketplace, they eat red sausages (butelli) placed inside breads like those commonly called semil that is similia which are longer than those common with us. They season them with mustard and salted cucumbers and place onions fried with lard in a pan on top. And they greatly praise this disgusting barking piglet (porcellum, commonly varkelen). I have seen them being sold hot out of carts.