similarity of this formula with that of the
physician, Marcellus, who lived at Rome under Nero,
Marcell. med. 30, 51.

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[30] TO KEEP GREEN OLIVES
_OLIVAS VIRIDES SERVARE_

TO KEEP OLIVES, FRESH FROM THE TREE, IN A MANNER ENABLING YOU TO MAKE
OIL FROM THEM ANY TIME YOU DESIRE JUST PLACE THEM [in brine]. [1]
HAVING BEEN KEPT THUS FOR SOME TIME THE OLIVES MAY BE USED AS IF THEY
HAD JUST COME OFF THE TREE FRESH IF YOU DESIRE TO MAKE GREEN OIL OF
THEM.

[1] The original does not state the liquid in which the
olives are to be placed.

Hum. _in illud, legendum puto, in muriam_.

Hum. is correct. Olives are preserved in brine to this
day.

Schuch's version of this formula (his No. 27) follows
our No. 28, together with his own No. 28, To Keep
Damascene Plums [etc.] which is wanting in List., G.-V.,
and all the earlier editions because it is from the
codex Salmasianus and will be found among the Excerpts
of Vinidarius at the end of the Apician recipes.

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[CUMINATUM. Hum., List. and G.-V.--Tac. and Tor. at the
end of Book I.]

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[31] LASER FLAVOR
_LASERATUM_

[Tor.] LASER IS PREPARED IN THIS MANNER: LASER (WHICH IS ALSO CALLED
LASERPITIUM BY THE ROMANS, WHILE THE GREEKS CALL IT SILPHION) FROM
CYRENE [1] OR FROM PARTHIA [2] IS DISSOLVED IN LUKEWARM MODERATELY
ACID BROTH; OR PEPPER, PARSLEY, DRY MINT, LASER ROOT, HONEY, VINEGAR
AND BROTH [are ground, compounded and dissolved together].

[1] Cyrene, a province in Africa, reputed for its fine
flavored laser.

[2] Parthia, Asiatic country, still supplying _asa
f{oe}tida_.

The African root furnishing laser was exterminated by
the demand for it. Cf. Laser in Index.

[32] ANOTHER [LASER]
_ALITER_

[ANOTHER LASER FLAVOR WHICH TAKES] PEPPER, CARAWAY, ANISE, PARSLEY,
DRY MINT, THE LEAVES [1] OF SILPHIUM, MALOBATHRUM [2] INDIAN
SPIKENARD, A LITTLE COSTMARY, HONEY, VINEGAR AND BROTH.

[1] Tor. _Silphij folium_; List. _Sylphium, folium_;
G.-V. _Silfi, folium_, the latter two interpretations
meaning _silphium_ (laser) _and leaves_ (either nard or
bay leaves) while both Tor. and Tac. (_silfii folium_)
mean the leaves of _silphium_ plant.

[2] _Malobathrum_, _malobatrum_, _malabathrum_--leaves
of an Indian tree, wild cinnamon.

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[33] WINE SAUCE FOR TRUFFLES
_{OE}NOGARUM _[1]_ IN TUBERA_

PEPPER, L