Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

VINEGAR [2]. [1] Tor. _ad delitias_--delightful. [2] V. Presumably served cold, as a salad; cf. No. 122. XIV [102] RADISHES _RAPHANOS_ PEPPER THE RADISHES WELL; OR, EQUALLY WELL: GRATE IT WITH PEPPER AND BRINE. Sch., G.-V. _Rafanos_; _Raphanos agria_,--a kind of horseradish; Plinius: h.e. _raphanus sylvestris_. XV [103] SOFT CABBAGE _OLUS MOLLE_ THE CABBAGE IS COOKED WITH POT HERBS IN SODA WATER; PRESS [the water out] CHOP IT VERY FINE: [now] CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, DRY SATURY WITH DRY ONIONS, ADD STOCK, OIL AND WINE. [104] ANOTHER MASHED GREEN VEGETABLE _ALTER OLUS MOLLE_ [_EX APIO_] COOK CELERY IN SODA WATER, SQUEEZE [water out] CHOP FINE. IN THE MORTAR CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, ONION [and mix with] WINE AND STOCK, ADDING SOME OIL. COOK THIS IN THE BOILER [1] AND MIX THE CELERY WITH THIS PREPARATION. [1] _in pultario_. The _pultarius_ is a pot in which cereals were boiled; from _puls_--porridge, pap. [105] ANOTHER MASHED VEGETABLE _ALITER OLUS MOLLE_ [_EX LACTUCIS_] COOK THE LETTUCE LEAVES WITH ONION IN SODA WATER, SQUEEZE [the water out] CHOP VERY FINE; IN THE MORTAR CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, CELERY SEED, DRY MINT, ONION; ADD STOCK, OIL AND WINE. [106] TO PREVENT MASHED VEGETABLES FROM TURNING _OLUS MOLLE NE ARESCAT_ [1] IT WILL BE REQUIRED ABOVE ALL TO CLEAN THE VEGETABLES WELL, TO CUT OFF ALL DECAYED PARTS AND TO COVER [the cooked vegetables] WITH WORMWOOD WATER. [1] Tor. _ne ... exarescat_, the difference in the meaning is immaterial. XVI [107] FIELD HERBS _HERBÆ RUSTICÆ_ FIELD AND FOREST [1] HERBS ARE PREPARED [2] [either raw] WITH STOCK [3] OIL AND VINEGAR [as a salad, [4]] OR AS A COOKED DISH [5] BY ADDING PEPPER, CUMIN AND MASTICH BERRIES. [1] Tor. _ac sylvestres_; V. German, _Feldsalat_. [2] Tor. _parantur_; wanting in other editions. [3] _Liquamine_, here interpreted as brine. [4] Tac., Sch., _et al._ _a manu_; Tor. _vel manu_--because eaten with the hand. [5] Tor. _vel in patina_. XVII [108] NETTLES _URTICÆ_ THE FEMALE NETTLES, WHEN THE SUN IS IN THE POSITION OF THE ARIES, IS SUPPOSED TO RENDER VALUABLE SERVICES AGAINST AILMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS [1]. [1] Tac.,