AGONIA, cattle sacrificed at the festivals: only little of the victims was wasted at religious ceremonies. The priests, after predicting the future from the intestines, burned them but sold the carcass to the innkeeper and cooks of the POPINA, hence the name. These eating places of a low order did a thriving business with cheaply bought meats which, however, usually were of the best quality. In Pompeii such steaks were exhibited in windows behind magnifying glasses to attract the rural customer
ALBUM, ALBUMEN, white; ---- OVORUM, the "whites" of egg; ---- PIPER, white pepper, etc.
ALEX, (ALEC, HALEC), salt water, pickle, brine, fish brine. Finally, the fish itself when cured in A. cf. MURIA
Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great, important Mediterranean harbor. A. was a rival of Rome and Athens in Antiquity, famous for its luxury
ALICATUM, any food treated with ALEX, which see
ALLIATUM, a garlic sauce, consisting of a purée of pounded garlic whipped up with oil into a paste of a consistency of mayonnaise, a preparation still popular in the Provence today; finally, anything flavored with garlic or leeks
Almonds, AMYGDALA, peeling and bleaching of A. { Rx} 57
AMBIGA, a small vessel in the shape of a pyramid
AMBOLATUS, unidentified term; p. 172; { Rx} 57, 59
AMYGDALA (--UM) Almonds, { Rx} 57; OLEUM AMYGDALIUM, almond oil
AMYLARE (AMULARE), to thicken with flour. AMYLATUM (AMULATUM) that which is thickened with flour. Wheat or rice flour and fats or oil usually were used for this purpose, corresponding to our present roux. However, the term was also extended to the use of eggs for the purpose of thickening fluids, thus becoming equivalent to the present liaison, used for soups and sauces. Hence AMYLUM and AMULUM, which is also a sort of frumenty
Anacharsis, the Scythian, writer. He described a banquet at Athens during the Periclean age. pp. 3, 7
ANAS, a duck or drake; { Rx} 212-17. ANATEM, { Rx} 212; ANATEM EX RAPIS, { Rx} 214
Anchovy, a small fish; { Rx} 147; cf. APUA. ---- forcemeat, { Rx} 138; ---- sauce and GARUM (which see) { Rx} 37; ---- omelette { Rx} 147
ANET(H)ATUM, flavored with dill; ANET(H)UM, dill, also anise
ANGUILLA, eel, { Rx} 466-7, 484. cf. CONGRIO
ANSER, goose, gander; IN ANSERE, { Rx} 234; ---- JUS CANDIDUM { Rx} 228