Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

was a snack in the afternoon between the meals for those who had "earned" a bite There are further CENAE, such as ---- DAPSILIS, ---- PELLOCIBILIS, ---- UNCTA, ---- EPULARIS, ---- REGALIS, all more or less generous affairs, and our list of classical and sonorous dinner names is by no means exhausted herewith. The variety of these names is the best proof of how seriously a meal was considered by the ancients, how much thought was devoted to its character and arrangements CEPA, same as CAEPA, onion CEPAEA, purslane, sea-purslane, portulaca CEPUROS, Gr., gardener; title of Book III CERASUM, cherry, Fr. CERISE; Cerasus is a city of Pontus (Black Sea) whence Lucullus imported the cherry to Rome CEREBRUM, CEREBELLUM, brains, {Rx} 46 CEREFOLIUM, CAEREFOLIUM, chervil, Ger. KERBEL, Fr. CERFEUILLE Cereto de Tridino, printer, see Tacuinus CERVUS, stag, venison, {Rx} 339-45 Cesena, a town in Italy where there is an Apicius Ms.; Apiciana XII CHAMAE, cockles Chamois, {Rx} 346 seq. Charcoal used for filtering, {Rx} 1 CHARTREUSE, {Rx} 68, 131, 145a, 186, 469-70; also see Carthusian monks and Carême "Chasseur," {Rx} 263 Cheese, cottage, {Rx} 303; also see CASEUS Cheltenham codex, Apiciana I Cherries, {Rx} 22, see CERASUS Chestnuts, {Rx} 183-84a Chicken, PULLUS ---- forcemeat, {Rx} 50; ---- broth, 51; ---- fricassé, 56; ---- boiled, 235, 236, 242; ---- and dasheens, 244; ---- creamed, with paste, 247; ---- stuffed, 248, 199, 213-17, 235; ---- in cream, 250; ---- disjointed, 139, note 1; ---- Bantam, 237; ---- cold, in its own gravy, 237; ---- fried or sauté, 236; ---- Guinea hen, 239; ---- Fricassé Varius, 245; ---- à la Fronto, 246; ---- Parthian style, 237; ---- and leeks, 238; ---- with laser, 240; ---- roast, 241; ---- and pumpkin, 243; ---- galantine, 249; ---- fried with cream sauce, 250; ---- Maryland, Wiener Backhähndl, 250 Chick-peas, {Rx} 207-9; p. 247 Chimneys on pies, {Rx} 141 Chipolata garniture, {Rx} 378 CHOENIX, a measure,--2 SEXTARII, {Rx} 52 Chops, {Rx} 261 CHOUX DE BRUXELLES AUX MARRONS, {Rx} 92 Christina, Queen of Sweden, eating Apician dishes, pp. 37, 38 CHRYSOMELUM, CHRYSOMALUM, a sort of quince CIBARIA, victuals,