Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

MERUM VINUM, ---- OLEUM, pure wine, oil, etc. MESPILA, medlar; Ger. MISPEL Milan edition, Colophon, p. 260 Milk Toast, {Rx} 171 Mill operated by slaves, illustration, p. 60 Minced dishes, Book II Mineral salts in vegetables, {Rx} 71, 96 MINUTAL, a "small" dish, a "minutely" cut mince; ---- MARINUM, {Rx} 164; ---- TARENTINUM, {Rx} 165; ---- APICIANUM, {Rx} 166; ---- MATIANUM, {Rx} 167; ---- DULCE, {Rx} 168; ---- EX PRAECOQUIS, {Rx} 169; ---- LEPORINUM, {Rx} 170; ---- EX ROSIS, {Rx} 171; ---- of large fruits, {Rx} 169 MITULIS, IN, {Rx} 418 Mixing bowls, see Crater Monk's Rhubarb, {Rx} 26 "Monkey," {Rx} 55 Moralists, ancient, see Review MORETUM, salad, salad dressing of oil, vinegar, garlic, parsley, etc., cf. {Rx} 38 Morsels, {Rx} 261, seq., 309, seq. MORTARIA, foods prepared in the mortar, MORTARIUM, {Rx} 38, 221 MORUS, mulberry; ---- ALBA, white m. ---- NIGRA, black m. Platina, DE MORIS, has a very pretty simile, comparing the various stages of ripening and colors of the mulberry to the blushing of Thysbes, the Egyptian girl, {Rx} 24 Moulds, {Rx} 384, 126 MUGIL, sea-mullet, {Rx} 159, 419, 424, 425 Mulberries, {Rx} 24 Mullet, see MULLUS, {Rx} 148, 428, 443-4 MULLUS, the fish mullet, {Rx} 148, 427, 442, 443, 482-4 MULSUM, mead, honey-wine; ---- ACETUM, honey-vinegar Munich Ms. XVIII Apiciana MURENA, MURAENA, the sea fish murena, p. 356, {Rx} 448-53, 484 MUREX, shellfish, purple-fish MURIA, brine, salt liquor, p. 22, {Rx} 30; cf. ALEC Mush, {Rx} 178 Mushrooms, B. III, {Rx} 121, 309-14; ---- Omelette, {Rx} 314 Muskrat, {Rx} 396 Mussels, {Rx} 418 MUSTEIS PETASONEM, {Rx} 289 MUSTEOS AFROS, {Rx} 295 MUSTUM, fresh, young, new; ---- VINUM, must, new wine; ---- OLEI, new oil MYRISTICA, nutmeg MYRRHIS ODORATA, myrrh, used for flavoring wine MYRTUS, myrtle berry, often called "pepper" and so used instead of pepper MYRTUS PIMENTA, allspice N NAPKINS, individual, see MAPPA NAPUS, p. 188, a turnip, navew, {Rx} 100-1 NARDUS, nard, odoriferous plant; see FOLIUM NASTURTIUM, the herb cress NECHON, {Rx} 16 Neck, roast, {Rx} 270 NEPATA, cat-mint; ---- MONTANA, mountain mint; see MENTHA Nero, emperor, p. 11 Nettles, {Rx} 108 New York