Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

unless prepared the Apician way. [89] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER_ THE COOKED [1] STALKS ARE PLACED IN A [baking] DISH; MOISTEN WITH STOCK AND PURE OIL, SEASON WITH CUMIN, SPRINKLE [2] WITH PEPPER, LEEKS, CUMIN, AND GREEN CORIANDER [all] CHOPPED UP. [1] Tor. _Coliculi assati_--_sauté_, fried; (Remember: _Choux de Bruxelles sauté_) List. _elixati_--boiled. G.-V. _Cauliculi elixati_. [2] Tor. _Superasperges_; G.-V. _piper asperges_. Sounds like a salad of cooked cabbage. The original leaves us in doubt as to the temperature of the dish. [90] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER_ THE VEGETABLE, SEASONED AND PREPARED IN THE ABOVE WAY IS STEWED WITH PARBOILED LEEKS. [91] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER_ TO THE SPROUTS OR STALKS, SEASONED AND PREPARED AS ABOVE, ARE ADDED GREEN OLIVES WHICH ARE HEATED LIKEWISE. [92] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER_ PREPARE THE SPROUTS IN THE ABOVE WAY, COVER THEM WITH BOILED SPELT AND PINE NUTS [1] AND SPRINKLE [2] WITH RAISINS. [1] The nuts should not astonish us. The French today have a delicious dish, _Choux de Bruxelles aux Marrons_--Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts. Sprouts and chestnuts are, of course, cooked separately; the lightly boiled sprouts are _sauté_ in butter; the chestnuts parboiled, peeled, and finished in stock with a little sugar or syrup, tossed in butter and served in the center of the sprouts. The Apician formula with cereal and raisins added is too exotic to suit our modern taste, but without a question is a nutritious dish and complete from a dietetic point of view. [2] Tor. _Superasperges_; G.-V. _piper asperges_. X [93] LEEKS _PORROS_ WELL MATURED LEEKS [1] ARE BOILED WITH A PINCH OF SALT [2] IN [combined] WATER AND OIL [3]. THEY ARE THEN STEWED IN OIL AND IN THE BEST KIND OF BROTH, AND SERVED. [1] Tor. _Poros bene maturos_; G.-V. _maturos fieri_. [2] One of the rare instances where Apicius mentions salt in cookery, i.e., salt in a dry form. _Pugnum salis_--a fist of salt--he prescribes here. Usually it is _liquamen_--broth, brine--he uses. [3] Tor. is correct in finishing the sentence here. G.-V. continue _et eximes._, which is the opening of the next sentence, and it makes a difference in