a] ANOTHER SWEET
MINUTAL.

The G.-V. version differs but little from {Rx} No. 169.

[171] RED APPLE MINUTAL
_MINUTAL EX ROSIS_ [1]

MAKE THIS THE SAME WAY AS DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING, ONLY ADD MORE
RAISIN WINE.

[1] List. Roses; Tor. _Rosatium_; this term, medieval
Latin, does not exist in the ancient language.

Sch. _mala rosea_--rosy or red apple, most likely to be
the correct interpretation. Cf. {Rx} Nos. 136 and 167.

The above title has led to the belief that the ancients
made pies, etc., of roses, an idea that was much
ridiculed in England after the publication of Lister's
work in 1705.

We concur with Schuch's interpretation that rosy apples
were used, remembering, however, that the fruit of the
rose tree, the hip, dog-briar, eglantine is also made
into dainty confections on the Continent today. It is
therefore entirely possible that this recipe calls for
the fruit of the rose tree.

IV

GRUELS
_TISANAM VEL SUCUM_

[172] BARLEY BROTH, PAP, PORRIDGE, GRUEL
_TISANA SIVE CREMORE_ [1]

CRUSH BARLEY, SOAKED THE DAY BEFORE, WELL WASHED, PLACE ON THE FIRE
TO BE COOKED [in a double boiler] WHEN HOT ADD ENOUGH OIL, A BUNCH OF
DILL, DRY ONION, SATURY AND COLOCASIUM [2] TO BE COOKED TOGETHER
BECAUSE FOR THE BETTER JUICE, ADD GREEN CORIANDER AND A LITTLE SALT;
BRING IT TO A BOILING POINT. WHEN DONE TAKE OUT THE BUNCH [of dill]
AND TRANSFER THE BARLEY INTO ANOTHER KETTLE TO AVOID STICKING TO THE
BOTTOM AND BURNING, MAKE IT LIQUID [by addition of water, broth, milk]
STRAIN INTO A POT, COVERING THE TOPS OF THE COLOCASIA. NEXT CRUSH
PEPPER, LOVAGE, A LITTLE DRY FLEA-BANE, CUMIN AND SYLPHIUM [3] STIR IT
WELL AND ADD VINEGAR, REDUCED MUST AND BROTH; PUT IT BACK INTO THE
POT, THE REMAINING COLOCASIA FINISH ON A GENTLE FIRE [4].

[1] Tor. _ptisana siue Cremore_.

[2] G.-V. _Col{oe}fium_; Tor. _col{oe}sium_ and
_colesium_ (the different readings perhaps on account of
the similarity of the "long" s with the f). Tor. spells
this word differently every time he is confronted with
it. Tac., Lan. _coledium_--unidentified. List.
_colocasium_, which see in notes to {Rx} Nos. 74, 200,
216, 244, and 322, also Sch. p. 95.

[3] List. _sil frictum_; Tor. _silphium f._

[4] Tor. continuing without interruption. This formula
is reported in {Rx} No. 200.

[173] ANOTHER TISANA
_TISANA TARICH