why should the Greeks who in their
balmy days were so far in advance of Rome in culinary
matters go there for such information?

It is more likely that this reference to Rome comes from
the Italian provinces or the colonies, regions which
naturally would look to Rome for guidance in such
matters.

[56] ANOTHER AMULATUM
_AMULATUM ALITER_

DISJOINT A CHICKEN AND BONE IT. PLACE THE PIECES IN A STEW PAN WITH
LEEKS, DILL AND SALT [water or stock] WHEN WELL DONE ADD PEPPER AND
CELERY SEED, THICKEN WITH RICE [1] ADD STOCK, A DASH OF RAISIN WINE OR
MUST, STIR WELL, SERVE WITH THE ENTREES.

[1] G.-V. _oryzam_; Tor. ditto (and on margin) _oridam_;
Hum. _oridiam legendum orindam_--a kind of bread. Dann.
and Goll. rice flour.

In a general way the ancient formula corresponds exactly
to our present chicken fricassee.

[57] SPELT OR FARINA PUDDING
_APOTHERMUM_

BOIL SPELT WITH [Tor. PIGNOLIA] NUTS AND PEELED ALMONDS [1] [G.-V.
AND] IMMERSED IN [boiling] WATER AND WASHED WITH WHITE CLAY SO THAT
THEY APPEAR PERFECTLY WHITE, ADD RAISINS, [flavor with] CONDENSED WINE
OR RAISIN WINE AND SERVE IT IN A ROUND DISH WITH CRUSHED [2] [nuts,
fruit, bread or cake crumbs] SPRINKLED OVER IT [3].

[1] V. We peel almonds in the same manner; the white
clay treatment is new to us.

G.-V. and--which is confusing.

[2] The original: _confractum_--crushed, but what? G.-V.
pepper, for which there is neither authority nor reason.
A wine sauce would go well with it or crushed fruit.
List. and Goll. Breadcrumbs.

[3] This is a perfectly good pudding--one of the very
few desserts in Apicius. With a little sweetening
(supplied probably by the condensed wine) and some
grated lemon for flavor it is quite acceptable as a
dessert.

[58] DE AMBOLATO CAP. IIII

Ex Torinus, not mentioned by the other editors. The
sense of this word is not clear. It must be a recipe or
a chapter the existence of which was known to Torinus,
for he says: "This entire chapter is wanting in our
copy."

III

[59] A DISH OF SOW'S MATRIX
_VULVULAE BOTELLI_ [1]

ENTREES [2] OF SOW'S MATRIX [3] ARE MADE THUS: CRUSH PEPPER AND CUMIN
WITH TWO SMALL HEADS OF LEEK, PEELED, ADD TO THIS PULP RUE, BROTH [and
the sow's matrix or fresh pork] CHOP, [or crush in mortar very fine]
THEN ADD TO THIS [forcemeat] INCORPORATING WELL PEPPER GRAINS AND