esigned
for general utility, as it also served as a portable stove on chilly
days in living rooms that were not heated from the central heating
plant found in larger houses. Ntl. Mus. Naples, 73882; Field M.
24179.}

APICIUS

Book IV

{Illustration: ROMAN WINE PRESS

Reconstruction in Naples, in the new section of the National Museum.}

{Illustration: A DISH FOR THE SERVICE OF EGGS

Hildesheim Treasure}

BOOK IV. MISCELLANEA

_Lib. IV. Pandecter_ [1]

CHAP. I. BOILED DINNERS.
CHAP. II. DISHES OF FISH, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, AND SO FORTH.
CHAP. III. FINELY MINCED DISHES, OR _ISICIA_.
CHAP. IV. PORRIDGE, GRUEL.
CHAP. V. APPETIZING DISHES.

I

[125] BOILED DINNER
_SALACATTABIA_ [2]

PEPPER, FRESH MINT, CELERY, DRY PENNYROYAL, CHEESE [3], PIGNOLIA NUTS,
HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, YOLKS OF EGG, FRESH WATER, SOAKED BREAD AND THE
LIQUID PRESSED OUT, COW'S CHEESE AND CUCUMBERS ARE ARRANGED IN A DISH,
ALTERNATELY, WITH THE NUTS; [also add] FINELY CHOPPED CAPERS [4],
CHICKEN LIVERS [5]; COVER COMPLETELY WITH [a lukewarm, congealing]
BROTH, PLACE ON ICE [and when congealed unmould and] SERVE UP [6].

[1] Read: _Pandectes_--embracing the whole science.

[2] Read: _Salacaccabia_--from _salsa_ and
_caccabus_--salt meat boiled in the pot. Sch. _Sala
cottabia_; G.-V. _cattabia_.

[3] Sch. _casiam_ instead of _caseum_.

[4] Sch. _Copadiis porcinis_--small bits of pork; List.
_cepas aridas puto_--"shallots, I believe"; Lan.
_capparis_; Vat., G.-V. _id._

[5] Dann. Chicken meat.

[6] This dish if pork were added (cf. Sch. in note 4
above) would resemble our modern "headcheese"; the
presence of cheese in this formula and in our word
"headcheese" is perhaps not accidental; the cheese has
been eliminated in the course of time from dishes of
this sort while the name has remained with us. "Cheese"
also appears in the German equivalent for
custard--_Eierkaese_.

[126] APICIAN JELLY
_SALACATTABIA APICIANA_

PUT IN THE MORTAR CELERY SEED, DRY PENNYROYAL, DRY MINT, GINGER, FRESH
CORIANDER, SEEDLESS RAISINS, HONEY, VINEGAR, OIL AND WINE; CRUSH IT
TOGETHER [in order to make a dressing of it]. [Now] PLACE 3 PIECES OF
PICENTIAN BREAD IN A MOULD, INTERLINED WITH PIECES OF [cooked]
CHICKEN, [cooked] SWEETBREADS OF CALF OR LAMB, CHEESE [1], PIGNOLIA
NUTS, CUCUMBERS [pickles] FINELY CHOPPED DRY