Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

is really two distinct formulæ, or that the vegetables were intended for garniture. [2] This extraordinary and rich dressing, perfectly feasible and admirable when compared with our own "Toulouse," "Financière," "Chipolata," can be palatable only when each component part is cooked separately before being put into the pig. The eggs must be whipped and diluted with broth and poured over the filling to serve as binder. The pig must be parboiled before filling, and the final cooking or roasting must be done very slowly and carefully--procedure not stated by the original which it takes for granted. [379] COLD SAUCE FOR BOILED SUCKLING PIG _JUS PORRO _[1]_ FRIGIDUM IN PORCELLUM ELIXUM_ CRUSH PEPPER, CARRAWAY, DILL, LITTLE ORIGANY, PINE NUTS, MOISTEN WITH VINEGAR, BROTH [2], DATE WINE, HONEY, PREPARED MUSTARD; SPRINKLE WITH A LITTLE OIL, PEPPER, AND SERVE. [1] Tor. only; _porrò_ indicating that the sauce may also be served with the foregoing. Wanting in List. _et al._ [2] Wanting in Tor. [380] SMOKED PIG À LA TRAJANUS _PORCELLUM TRAIANUM_ [1] MAKE THUS: BONE THE PIG, TREAT IT AS FOR STEWING IN WINE [{Rx} No. 375, i.e. marinate for some time in spices, herbs and wine] THEREUPON HANG IT IN THE SMOKE HOUSE [2] NEXT BOIL IT IN SALT WATER AND SERVE THUS [3] ON A LARGE PLATTER [4]. [1] Tor. and Tac. _traganum_. [2] _ad fumum suspendes_; G.-V. _et adpendeas, et quantum adpendeas, tantum salis in ollam mittes_--passage wanting in other texts, meaning, probably, that the more pigs are used for smoking the more salt must be used for pickling which is a matter of course, or, the heavier the pig, ... [3] Tor. _atque ita in lance efferes_; Tac. & _sic eum ..._; G.-V. _et siccum in lance inferes_. [4] Hum. _salso recente_, with fresh salt pork. Tor. _cum salsamento istoc recenti_ and Tor. continues without interruption, indicating, perhaps, that the following formula is to be served, or treated (boiled) like the above. [381] MILK-FED PIG _IN PORCELLO LACTANTE_ [1] ONE OUNCE OF PEPPER, A PINT OF WINE, A RATHER LARGE GLASS OF THE BEST OIL, A GLASS OF BROTH