CHAP. III. ASPARAGUS.
CHAP. IV. PUMPKIN, SQUASH.
CHAP. V. CITRUS FRUIT, CITRON.
CHAP. VI. CUCUMBERS.
CHAP. VII. MELON GOURD, MELON.
CHAP. VIII. MALLOWS.
CHAP. IX. YOUNG CABBAGE, SPROUTS, CAULIFLOWER.
CHAP. X. LEEKS.
CHAP. XI. BEETS.
CHAP. XII. POT HERBS.
CHAP. XIII. TURNIPS, NAVEWS.
CHAP. XIV. HORSERADISH AND RADISHES.
CHAP. XV. SOFT CABBAGE.
CHAP. XVI. FIELD HERBS.
CHAP. XVII. NETTLES.
CHAP. XVIII. ENDIVE AND LETTUCE.
CHAP. XIX. CARDOONS.
CHAP. XX. COW-PARSNIPS.
CHAP. XXI. CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.

I

[66] VEGETABLES, POT HERBS
_DE HOLERIBUS_

TO KEEP ALL VEGETABLES GREEN.
_UT OMNE HOLUS SMARAGDINUM FIAT._

ALL VEGETABLES WILL REMAIN GREEN IF BOILED WITH COOKING SODA [1].

[1] _Nitrium._ Method still in use today, considered
injurious to health if copper vessel is used, but the
amount of copper actually absorbed by the vegetable is
infinitesimal, imperceptible even by the taste. Copper,
to be actually harmful would have to be present in such
quantity as to make enjoyment impossible.

II

[67] VEGETABLE DINNER, EASILY DIGESTED
_PULMENTARIUM AD VENTREM_ [1]

ALL GREEN VEGETABLES ARE SUITED FOR THIS PURPOSE [2] VERY YOUNG [3]
BEETS AND WELL MATURED LEEKS ARE PARBOILED; ARRANGE THEM IN A BAKING
DISH, GRIND PEPPER AND CUMIN, ADD BROTH AND CONDENSED MUST, OR
ANYTHING ELSE TO SWEETEN THEM A LITTLE, HEAT AND FINISH THEM ON A SLOW
FIRE, AND SERVE.

[1] V. _Ad ventrem_, "for the belly," simple home
laxative.

[2] V. This sentence in Torinus only. Possibly a
contraction of the foregoing formula, No. 66.

[3] V. _minutas_, "small," i.e., young.

[68] A SIMILAR DISH
_SIMILITER_

PARBOIL POLYPODY [1] ROOT SO AS TO SOFTEN THEM, CUT THEM INTO SMALL
PIECES, SEASON WITH GROUND PEPPER AND CUMIN, ARRANGE IN A BAKING DISH,
FINISH ON THE FIRE AND SERVE [2].

[1] V. Roots of the fern herb.

[2] V. Although these instructions for vegetable dinners
are rather vague, they resemble primitive
_chartreuses_--fancy vegetable dishes developed by the
Carthusian monks to whom flesh eating was forbidden.
Elsewhere in Apicius we shall find the _chartreuse_
developed to a remarkable degree.

[69] ANOTHER LAXATIVE
_ALITER AD VENTREM_ [1]

SCRUB AND WASH BUNDLES OF BEETS BY RUBBING THEM WITH A LITTLE SODA