ean.

Cf. also notes regarding flavoring to Nos. 276-7, 345
and 385.

XI

[16] TO MAKE HONEY CAKES LAST
_UT DULCIA DE MELLE DIU DURENT_

TO MAKE HONEY CAKES THAT WILL KEEP TAKE WHAT THE GREEKS CALL YEAST [1]
AND MIX IT WITH THE FLOUR AND THE HONEY AT THE TIME WHEN MAKING THE
COOKY DOUGH.

[1] Tor. and Tac. _nechon_; G.-V. _cnecon_; Dann.
_penion_.

[17] SPOILED HONEY MADE GOOD
_UT MEL MALUM BONUM FACIAS_

HOW BAD HONEY MAY BE TURNED INTO A SALEABLE ARTICLE IS TO MIX ONE PART
OF THE SPOILED HONEY WITH TWO PARTS OF GOOD HONEY.

List. _indigna fraus_! V. We all agree with Lister that
this is contemptible business. This casts another light
on the ancients' methods of food adulteration.

[18] TO TEST SPOILED HONEY
_MEL CORRUPTUM UT PROBES_

IMMERSE ELENCAMPANE IN HONEY AND LIGHT IT; IF GOOD, IT WILL BURN
BRIGHTLY.

XII

[19] TO KEEP GRAPES
_UVAE UT DIU SERVENTUR_

TAKE PERFECT GRAPES FROM THE VINES, PLACE THEM IN A VESSEL AND POUR
RAIN WATER OVER THEM THAT HAS BEEN BOILED DOWN ONE THIRD OF ITS
VOLUME. THE VESSEL MUST BE PITCHED AND SEALED WITH PLASTER, AND MUST
BE KEPT IN A COOL PLACE TO WHICH THE SUN HAS NO ACCESS. TREATED IN
THIS MANNER, THE GRAPES WILL BE FRESH WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. YOU CAN
ALSO SERVE THIS WATER AS HONEY MEAD TO THE SICK.

ALSO, IF YOU COVER THE GRAPES WITH BARLEY [bran] YOU WILL FIND THEM
SOUND AND UNINJURED.

V. We keep grapes in cork shavings, bran and saw dust.

[20] TO KEEP POMEGRANATES
_UT MALA GRANATA DIU DURENT_ [1]

STEEP THEM INTO HOT [sea] WATER, TAKE THEM OUT IMMEDIATELY AND HANG
THEM UP. [Tor.] THEY WILL KEEP.

[1] Tor. _conditura malorum Punicorum_; Tac. _mala
granata_; G.-V. _mala et mala granata_.

[21] TO KEEP QUINCES
_UT MALA CYDONIA DIU SERVENTUR_

PICK OUT PERFECT QUINCES WITH STEMS [1] AND LEAVES. PLACE THEM IN A
VESSEL, POUR OVER HONEY AND DEFRUTUM [2] AND YOU'LL PRESERVE THEM FOR
A LONG TIME [3].

[1] V. Excellent idea, for the stems, if removed, would
leave a wound in the fruit for the air to penetrate and
to start fermentation. Cf. also the next formula.

[2] G.-V. _defritum_, from _defervitum_; _defrutum_ is
new wine, spiced, boiled down to one half of its volume.

[3] This precept would not keep the fruit very long
unless protected by a closefitting cover and
sterilization. Cf. No. 24.

[22] TO PRESERVE FRESH FIGS, APPLES, PLUM