Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

pp. 33-34, 35, 271 Dasheen, {Rx} 74, 152, 172, 216, 244, 322 Dates, stuffed, {Rx} 294 DAUCUM, --US, --ON, a carrot DE CHINE, see Dasheen "Decline of the West," p. 17 DECOQUO, to boil down DEFRUTARIUS, one who boils wine; CELLA DEFRUTARIA, a cellar where this is done, or where such wine is kept DEFRUTUM, DEFRICTUM, DEFRITUM, new wine boiled down to one half of its volume with sweet herbs and spices to make it keep. Used to flavor sauces, etc., see also Caramel color DENTEX, a sparoid marine fish, "Tooth-Fish," {Rx} 157, 459-60 Dessert Dishes, illustrations, pp. 61, 125 Desserts, absent, p. 43 Desserts, Apician, {Rx} 143, 294, seq. DIABOTANON PRO PISCE FRIXO, {Rx} 432 Diagram of Apician editions, p. 252 Didius Julianus, {Rx} 178 Dierbach, H. J., commentator, p. 273 Dining in Apician style, modern, p. 37 ---- in Rome, compared with today, pp. 17, 18 Diocles, writer, {Rx} 409 Dionysos Cup, illustration, p. 141 Dipper, illustrated, p. 3 DISCUS, round dish, plate or platter Disguising foods, {Rx} 133, pp. 33-4 Distillation, see Vinum Dormouse, {Rx} 396 Dory, {Rx} 157, 462-5 Doves, p. 265 Drexel, Theodor, collector, pp. 257-8 Dubois, Urbain, chef, p. 16 Duck, p. 265, {Rx} 212-3; ---- with turnips, {Rx} 214-7 DULCIA, sweets, cookies, confections, {Rx} 16, 216, 294-6 --RIUS, pastry cook, {Rx} 294 Dumas, Alexandre, cooking, p. 24 Dumpling of pheasant, {Rx} 48; ---- and HYDROGARUM, {Rx} 49; ---- with broth, plain, {Rx} 52, 181 DURACINUS, hard-skinned, rough-skinned fruit; ---- PERSICA, the best sort of peach, according to some, nectarines, {Rx} 28 E Early fruit, stewed, {Rx} 177 ECHINUS, sea-urchin, {Rx} 412-17 Economical methods: flavoring, {Rx} 15 EDO, to eat; great eater, gormandizer, glutton EDULA, chitterlings Eel, {Rx} 466-7 Egg Dish, illustration, p. 93 Eggs, {Rx} 326-28; ---- fried, {Rx} 336; ---- boiled, {Rx} 327; ---- poached, {Rx} 328; ---- scrambled with fish and oysters, {Rx} 159 Eglantine, {Rx} 171 Egyptian Bean, {Rx} 322; also see CYAMUS EIERKÄSE, {Rx} 125, 301 ELAEOGARUM, {Rx} 33 Elderberry custard, {Rx} 135 ELIXO, to boil, boil down, reduce. --US, --UM, boiled down, sodden, reduced. According to Platina an