THESE SAUSAGE WILL BE FOUND AMONG THE ISICIA [Nos. 60-66] [2]. ALSO
MAKE A SAUCE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE AND
ORIGANY, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, ADD OF THE ABOVE [sausage] GRAVY, WINE,
RAISIN WINE; PUT IN A SAUCE PAN TO BE HEATED, WHEN BOILING, SKIM
CAREFULLY, BIND, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] G.-V. _Terentinum_, for which there is no reason.
Tarentum, town of lower Italy, now Taranto, celebrated
for its wine and luxurious living.

[2] Such references to other parts of the book are very
infrequent.

[166] APICIAN MINUTAL
_MINUTAL APICIANUM_

THE APICIAN MINUTAL IS MADE AS FOLLOWS: [1] OIL, BROTH WINE, LEEK
HEADS, MINT, SMALL FISH, SMALL TIDBITS [2] COCK'S FRIES OR CAPON'S
KIDNEYS [3] AND PORK SWEETBREADS; ALL OF THESE ARE COOKED TOGETHER [4]
NOW CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, GREEN CORIANDER, OR SEEDS, MOISTENED WITH
BROTH; ADD A LITTLE HONEY, AND OF THE OWN LIQUOR [5] OF THE ABOVE
MORSELS, WINE AND HONEY TO TASTE; BRING THIS TO A BOILING POINT SKIM,
BIND, STIR WELL [strain, pour over the morsels] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER
AND SERVE [6].

[1] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[2] _isitia_--_quenelles_, dumplings of some kind,
mostly fine forcemeats.

[3] _testiculi caponum_; the capon has no _testiculi_,
these organs having been removed by an operation when
the cock is young. This operation is said to have been
first performed by a Roman surgeon with the intention of
beating the _Lex Fannia_, or Fannian law, sponsored by a
fanatic named Fannius. It prohibited among other
restrictions the serving of any fowl at any time or
repast except a hen, and this hen was not to be
fattened. Note the cunning of the law: The useful hen
and her unlaid eggs could be sacrificed while the
unproductive rooster was allowed to thrive to no
purpose, immune from the butcher's block. This set the
shrewd surgeon to thinking; he transformed a rooster
into a capon by his surgical trick. The emasculated bird
grew fat without his owner committing any infraction of
the Roman law against fattening chickens. Of course the
capon, being neither hen nor rooster, was perfectly safe
to eat, for he was within the law. Thus he became a huge
success as an ancient "bootleg" chicken.

[4] These integral parts must be prepared and poached
separately and merely heated together before the final
service.