Commentary for Shabbat 290:7
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> כגון מאי אמר רב ספרא כגון תרנגולתא דר' אבא ואמר רב ספרא זימנא חדא איקלעית להתם ואוכלן מיניה ואי לא רבי אבא דאשקיין חמרא בר תלתא טרפי איתנסי
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What, for example?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is put into hot water and then steeped again. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> R. Safra said: E.g., R. Abba's fowl[s].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which he boiled and kept many days in hot water until they dissolved; then he ate them as a remedy. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Rashi on Shabbat
R. Abba's chicken - he cooks and soaks it many days in hot water so that it melts on it own, and eats it for healing purposes.
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