onary. Cf. Longano.
V
[62] SAUSAGE
_FARCIMINA_
POUND EGGS AND BRAINS [eggs raw, brains cooked] PINE NUTS [chopped
fine] PEPPER [whole] BROTH AND A LITTLE LASER WITH WHICH FILL THE
CASINGS. FIRST PARBOIL THE SAUSAGE THEN FRY THEM AND SERVE.
V. The directions are vague enough, but one may
recognize in them our modern brain sausage.
[63] ANOTHER SAUSAGE
_ALITER_
WORK COOKED SPELT AND FINELY CHOPPED FRESH PORK TOGETHER, POUND IT
WITH PEPPER, BROTH AND PIGNOLIA NUTS. FILL THE CASINGS, PARBOIL AND
FRY WITH SALT, SERVE WITH MUSTARD, OR YOU MAY CUT THE SAUSAGE IN
SLICES AND SERVE ON A ROUND DISH.
[64] ANOTHER SAUSAGE
_ALITER_
WASH SPELT AND COOK IT WITH STOCK. CUT THE FAT OF THE INTESTINES OR
BELLY VERY FINE WITH LEEKS. MIX THIS WITH CHOPPED BACON AND FINELY
CHOPPED FRESH PORK. CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE AND THREE EGGS AND MIX ALL IN
THE MORTAR WITH PIGNOLIA NUTS AND WHOLE PEPPER, ADD BROTH, FILL
CASINGS. PARBOIL SAUSAGE, FRY LIGHTLY, OR SERVE THEM BOILED.
Tor. and Tac. Serve with pheasant gravy. In the early
editions the following formula which thus ends is
wanting.
[65] ROUND SAUSAGE
_CIRELLOS ISICIATOS_
FILL THE CASINGS WITH THE BEST MATERIAL [forcemeat] SHAPE THE SAUSAGE
INTO SMALL CIRCLES, SMOKE. WHEN THEY HAVE TAKEN ON (VERMILLION) COLOR
FRY THEM LIGHTLY. DRESS NICELY GARNISHED ON A PHEASANT WINE GRAVY,
FLAVORED, HOWEVER, WITH CUMIN.
V. In Tor. and in the earliest edition this formula has
been contracted with the preceding and made one formula.
END OF BOOK II
_EXPLICIT LIBER SECUNDUS APICII ARTOPTUS_ [Tac.]
APICIUS
Book III
{Illustration: ELABORATE THERMOSPODIUM
A heater for the service of hot foods and drinks in the dining room.
Hot drinks were mixed and foods were served from apparatus of this
kind. The fuel was charcoal. There were public places, specializing in
hot drinks, called Thermopolia. This specimen was found at Stabiae, one
of the ill-fated towns destroyed by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Ntl.
Mus., Naples, 72986; Field M., 24307.}
{Illustration: SERVICE PAN
Round, with decorated handle. This and the pan with the Hercules head
on handle used in connection with the plain Thermospodium to serve hot
foods in the dining room. Hildesheim Treas.}
BOOK III. THE GARDENER
_Lib. III. Cepuros_
CHAP. I. TO BOIL ALL VEGETABLES GREEN.
CHAP. II. VEGETABLE DINNER, EASILY DIGESTED.
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