ONIONS [shallots]
COVERING THE WHOLE WITH [jellified] BROTH. BURY THE MOULD IN SNOW UP
TO THE RIM; [unmould] SPRINKLE [with the above dressing] AND SERVE
[2].

[1] List. _caseum Vestinum_--a certain cheese from the
Adriatic coast.

[2] The nature of the first passage of this formula
indicates a dressing for a cold dish. The dish was
probably unmoulded when firm, and the jelly covered with
this dressing, though the original does not state this
procedure. In that case it would resemble a highly
complicated chicken salad, such as we make
today--_mayonnaise de volaille en aspic_, for instance.
We recall the artistic molds for puddings and other
dishes which the ancients had which were nicely suited
for dishes such as the above.

The Picentian bread--made of spelt--was a celebrated
product of the bakeries of Picentia, a town of lower
Italy, near the Tuscan sea, according to Pliny.

Cf. {Rx} No. 141.

[127] OTHER SALACACCABIA
_ALITER_

HOLLOW OUT AN ALEXANDRINE LOAF OF BREAD, SOAK THE CRUMBS WITH POSCA [a
mixture of water, wine, vinegar or lemon juice] AND MAKE A PASTE OF
IT. PUT IN THE MORTAR PEPPER, HONEY [1] MINT, GARLIC, FRESH CORIANDER,
SALTED COW'S CHEESE, WATER AND OIL. WINE [2] POURED OVER BEFORE
SERVING [3].

[1] Wanting in Tor.

[2] G.-V. _insuper nivem_--chilled on snow (like the
preceding formula). Tac. _insuper vinum_; Sch. _id._

[3] A panada as is found in every old cookery book.
Today it remains as a dressing for roast fowl, etc.
Quoting from "A Collection of Receipts in Cookery,
Physick and Surgery," London, 1724:

"Panada for a Sick or Weak Stomach. Put the crumbs of a
Penny White-Loaf grated into a Quart of cold Water, set
both on the Fire together with a blade of Mace: When
'tis boil'd smooth, take it off the fire and put in a
bit of Lemon-peel, the juice of a Lemon, a glass of Sack
[Spanish Wine] and Sugar to your Taste. This is very
Nourishing and never offends the Stomach. Some season
with butter and Sugar, adding Currants which on some
occasions are proper; but the first is the most grateful
and innocent."

Mrs. Glasse, a quarter century later, in her famous book
[The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London, 1747,
1st ed.] omits the wine, but Mrs. Mason, at about the
same time, insists on having it with panada.

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