Iuscellum falsae testudinis
Iuscellum falsae testudinis, Anglice mock turtle et mock turtle soup, Theodisce mockturtle, est ferculum artis culinariae Britannicae et Hannoverianae e capite vitulino confectum ut pretiosum iuscellum Cheloniae mydae verum imitetur.

Iam a saeculo XVIII exeunte tabernae pistoriae Londinienses iuscellum falsae testudinis emptoribus offerebant ut cum pane sorberetur, quod Gulielmus Makepeace Thackeray mythistoricus locutione grandiloqua the fragrant potage that mocks the turtle's flavor nuncupavit ("potagium fragrans quod sapori testudinis illudit"). E nominis ambiguitate Ludovicus Carroll in opere phantastico Alice's Adventures in Wonderland creaturam quandam mock turtle ("falsam testudinem") finxit: quam pictor Ioannes Tenniel, praecepto culinario ductus, capite pedibusque et cauda vituli ornavit.

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Bibliographia 

 Eruditio
 
 "Mock turtle, Mock turtle soup" in 
 "La tête de veau en tortue" in Les cahiers de la gastronomie n° 3 (Maio 2010)

 Praecepta
 1758 : 
 1783 : John Farley, The London Art of Cookery (Londinii) 2a ed. (1784) pp. 144-145 ("Mock-turtle soup")
 1817 : William Kitchiner, Apicius Redivivus, or The Cook's Oracle (Londinii: Bagster) no. 251 ("Mock turtle")
 1826 : Margaret Dods (i.e. Christiana Isobel Johnstone), The Cook and Housewife's Manual (Edinburgi) pp. 83-85, 225-226 ("Mock turtle soup, Mock turtle or calf's head")
 1909 : Eleanor L. Jenkinson, The Ocklye Cookery Book: a book of recipes by a lady and her cook (Crowborough: H. Wilkins, 1909)pp. 9-10 ("Mock turtle soup")

Ars coquinaria Britannica
Ars coquinaria Germanica
Fercula bubula
Sorbitiones