Book III

CERASUM, cherry, Fr. CERISE; Cerasus is a city of Pontus (Black Sea) whence Lucullus imported the cherry to Rome

CEREBRUM, CEREBELLUM, brains, {Rx} 46

CEREFOLIUM, CAEREFOLIUM, chervil, Ger. KERBEL, Fr. CERFEUILLE

Cereto de Tridino, printer, see Tacuinus

CERVUS, stag, venison, {Rx} 339-45

Cesena, a town in Italy where there is an Apicius Ms.; Apiciana XII

CHAMAE, cockles

Chamois, {Rx} 346 seq.

Charcoal used for filtering, {Rx} 1

CHARTREUSE, {Rx} 68, 131, 145a, 186, 469-70; also see Carthusian monks and Carême

"Chasseur," {Rx} 263

Cheese, cottage, {Rx} 303; also see CASEUS

Cheltenham codex, Apiciana I

Cherries, {Rx} 22, see CERASUS

Chestnuts, {Rx} 183-84a

Chicken, PULLUS ---- forcemeat, {Rx} 50; ---- broth, 51; ---- fricassé, 56; ---- boiled, 235, 236, 242; ---- and dasheens, 244; ---- creamed, with paste, 247; ---- stuffed, 248, 199, 213-17, 235; ---- in cream, 250; ---- disjointed, 139, note 1; ---- Bantam, 237; ---- cold, in its own gravy, 237; ---- fried or sauté, 236; ---- Guinea hen, 239; ---- Fricassé Varius, 245; ---- à la Fronto, 246; ---- Parthian style, 237; ---- and leeks, 238; ---- with laser, 240; ---- roast, 241; ---- and pumpkin, 243; ---- galantine, 249; ---- fried with cream sauce, 250; ---- Maryland, Wiener Backhähndl, 250

Chick-peas, {Rx} 207-9; p. 247

Chimneys on pies, {Rx} 141

Chipolata garniture, {Rx} 378

CHOENIX, a measure,--2 SEXTARII, {Rx} 52

Chops, {Rx} 261

CHOUX DE BRUXELLES AUX MARRONS, {Rx} 92

Christina, Queen of Sweden, eating Apician dishes, pp. 37, 38

CHRYSOMELUM, CHRYSOMALUM, a sort of quince

CIBARIA, victuals, provisions, food; same as CIBUS. Hence CIBARIAE LEGES, sumptuary laws; CIBARIUM VAS, a vessel or container for food; CIBARIUS, relating to food; also CIBATIO, victualling, feeding, meal, repast

CIBARIUM ALBUM, white repast, white dish, blancmange. Fr. BLANC MANGER, "white eating." A very old dish. Platina gives a fine recipe for it; in Apicius it is not yet developed. The body of this dish is ground almonds and milk, thickened with meat jelly. Modern cornstarch puddings have no longer a resemblance to it; to speak of "chocolate" blancmange as we do, is a barbarism. Platina is proud of his C.A. He prefers it to any Apician dessert. We agree with him; the incomplete Apicius in Platina's and in our days has no desserts worth mentioning. A German recipe of the 13th century (in "Ein Buch von guter Spise") calls C.A. "Blamansier," plainly a corruption of the French. By the translation of C.A. into the French, the origin of the dish was obliterated, a quite frequent occurrence in French kitchen terminology

CIBORIUM, a drinking vessel

CIBUS, food, victuals, provender

CICER, chick-pea, small pulse, {Rx} 207-209

Cicero, famous Roman, {Rx} 409

CICONIA, stork. Although there is no direct mention of the C. as an article of diet it has undoubtedly been eaten same as crane, egrets, flamingo and similar birds

CINARA, CYNARA, artichoke

CINNAMONUM, cinnamon

CIRCELLOS ISICATOS, a sausage, {Rx} 65

CITREA MALA, citron; see CITRUM

CITREUS, citron tree

CITRUM, CITRIUM, the fruit of the CITREUS, citron, citrus, {Rx} 23, 81, 168. The citron tree is also MALUS MEDICA. "MALUS QUAE CITRIA VOCANTUR"; CONDITURA MALORUM MEDICORUM, Ap.