should read _lolii_--from
_lolium_--darnel rye grass or ray grass which was
supposed to have intoxicating qualities, injurious to
the eye sight.--Ovid and Plautus. The seeds of this
grass were supposed to possess narcotic properties but
recent researches have cast doubt upon this theory.

A little butter, fresh cream and eggs are the proper
ingredients for chicken forcemeat. Any kind of flour for
binding the forcemeat would cheapen the dish. Yet some
modern forcemeats (sausage) contain as much as fifty
percent of some kind of meal. The most effective is that
of the soya bean which is not starchy.

[51] CHICKEN BROTH ANOTHER STYLE
_ALITER DE PULLO_

CHICKEN MEAT, 31 PEPPERCORNS CRUSHED, 1 CHOENIX [1] FULL OF THE VERY
BEST STOCK, A LIKE AMOUNT OF BOILED MUST AND ELEVEN MEASURES [2] OF
WATER. [Put this in a sauce pan] PLACE IT UPON THE FIRE TO SEETH AND
EVAPORATE SLOWLY.

[1] V. 2 _sextarii_; Tor. _ch{oe}nicem, cenlicem_; List.
_calicem_.

[2] _ch{oe}nices_?--left in doubt.

This seems to be a chicken broth, or essence for a sauce
or perhaps a medicine. Torinus mentions the chicken
meat, the others do not.

The original without interruption continues to describe
the _isicium simplex_ which has nothing to do with the
above.

[52] PLAIN DUMPLING WITH BROTH
_ISICIUM SIMPLEX_

TO 1 ACETABULUM [1] OF STOCK [2] ADD 7 OF WATER, A LITTLE GREEN
CELERY, A LITTLE SPOONFUL OF GROUND PEPPER, AND BOIL THIS WITH THE
SAUSAGE MEAT OR DUMPLINGS. IF YOU INTEND TAKING THIS TO MOVE THE
BOWELS THE SEDIMENT SALTS [3] OF HYDROGARUM HAVE TO BE ADDED [4].

[1] A measure, 15 Attic drachms.

[2] _liquamen_.

[3] Tor. _pectines, alias peces hydrogaro conditi_;
List. _sales_; G.-V. _faeces_.

[4] V. The formula is unintelligible, like No. 52 and
others, perhaps just another example of medicinal
cookery, dishes not only intended to nourish the body
but to cure also certain ills. Authors like Hannah
Wolley (The Queen-like Closet, London, 1675) and as late
as the middle of the 18th century pride themselves in
giving such quasi-Apician formulae.

[53] [Rank of] DISHES
_ISICIA_

[Entrees of] PEACOCK OCCUPY THE FIRST RANK, PROVIDED THEY BE DRESSED
IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE HARD AND TOUGH PARTS BE TENDER. THE SECOND
PLACE [in the estimation of the Gourmets] HAVE DISHES MADE OF RABBIT
[1] THIRD SPI