ns, Apicius surely survives
here, is even surpassed by this Jewish cookery book
where, no doubt, very ancient traditions have been
stored away.

VII

[206] THE HERB FENUGREEK
_F{OE}NUM GRAECUM_ [1]

FENUGREEK [is prepared] IN BROTH, OIL AND WINE.

[1] Tor. or _fenum_; G.-V. _Faenum_.

VIII

[207] GREEN STRING BEANS AND CHICK-PEAS
_PHASEOLI _[1]_ VIRIDES ET CICER_

ARE SERVED WITH SALT, CUMIN, OIL, AND A LITTLE PURE WINE.

[1] Tor. _Faseolus_, the bean with a long, sabre-like
pod; a phasel, kidney bean, when ripened.

[208] ANOTHER WAY
_ALITER FASEOLUS ET CICER_

[Beans or chick-peas] ARE COOKED IN A WINE SAUCE AND SEASONED WITH
PEPPER [1].

[1] Dann. and Goll.: "roasted" beans.

[209] BOILED, SUMPTUOUSLY
_ET ELIXATI, SUMPTO_ [1]

AND COOK THE BEANS, IN A RICH MANNER, REMOVE THE SEEDS AND SERVE [as a
Salad [2]], WITH HARD EGGS, GREEN FENNEL, PEPPER, BROTH, A LITTLE
REDUCED WINE AND A LITTLE SALT, OR SERVE THEM IN SIMPLER WAYS, AS YOU
MAY SEE FIT.

[1] The original continues with the preceding formula.

[2] For a salad we would add finely chopped onion,
pepper, and some lemon juice.

The purpose of removing the seeds is obscure. G.-V.
reads _semine cum ovis_; Tac. _semie_; Hum. _s. cum
lobis_. The passage may mean to sprinkle (sow) with hard
boiled (and finely chopped) eggs, which is often done on
a salad and other dishes.

END OF BOOK V

_EXPLICIT APICII OSPRION LIBER QUINTUS_ [Tac.]

{Illustration: ADJUSTABLE TABLE

Polychrome marble in bronze frame. Four elaborately designed bronze
legs, braced and hinged, so that the table may be raised or lowered.
The legs end in claw feet resting on a molded base. Above they are
encircled with leaves, from which emerge young satyrs, each holding a
rabbit under the left arm. The legs below the acanthus leaves are
ornamented with elaborate floral patterns, inlaid, with other inlaid
patterns on the connecting braces and around the frame of the marble
top. Bronze and marble tables that could be folded and taken down
after banquets were used by the Babylonians centuries before this
table was designed in Pompeii. Ntl. Mus., Naples, 72994; Field M.
24290.}

APICIUS

Book VI

{Illustration: THE GREAT CRATER

Found at Hildesheim in 1868. This and a number of other pieces form
the collection known as The Hildesheim Treasure, now at the Kaiser