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, {Rx} 54

Pears, {Rx} 22, 161

Peas, p. 247, {Rx} 185-6, 190-2; ---- a tempting dish of, {Rx} 192; ---- Indian, {Rx} 187; ---- purée of peas, cold, {Rx} 188; ---- or beans à la Vitellius, {Rx} 189, 193; ---- in the pod, Apician style, {Rx} 194-6; ---- in the pod à la Commodus, {Rx} 197; purée of peas with brains and chicken, {Rx} 198

PECTINE, scallop, {Rx} 52

Peeling young vegetables, {Rx} 69

PELAMIS, young tunny, {Rx} 426, 444

Pennell, Elizabeth R., writer, pp. 17, 18, 257-58

PEPON, a kind of gourd, melon or pumpkin, {Rx} 85

Pepper, {Rx} 1; ---- for other spices, {Rx} 143, 177, 295, seq.

PERCA, perch, {Rx} 446

Perch, {Rx} 446

PERDICE, IN, {Rx} 218

PERDRIX, partridge, {Rx} 218, seq., 499

PERNA, ham; pork forequarter or hindquarter, {Rx} 287, 288 ---- APRUGNA, {Rx} 338

PERSICUM, peach, {Rx} 29, 160; --US, peach-tree

Persons named in recipes, pp. 11, 21

PETASO, fresh ham, hind leg of pork, {Rx} 289

Petits pois à la française, {Rx} 185

Petits salés, {Rx} 41, 147, 149, 150, 151

Petronius Arbiter, writer, pp. 3, 7, 11, 15

PETROSELINUM, parsley

PHARIAM, UVAM PASSAM, {Rx} 197

PHASEOLUS, FASEOLUS, green string beans, kidney bean, young bean and pod, both green and wax bean varieties. Ger. FISOLE and FASOLE, {Rx} 207

PHASIANUS, pheasant; --ARIUS, one who has care of or who raises pheasants, game-keeper, {Rx} 49, p. 265

Pheasant, dumplings of, {Rx} 48; -- plumage as decoration, {Rx} 213

Phillipps, bibl. Apiciana I

PHOENICOPTERUS, Flamingo, {Rx} 220, 231-2

Picentinian bread, {Rx} 126

Pichon, Baron J., collector, pp. 257-8, Apiciana, Nos. 21-22, p. 272

Picking birds, {Rx} 233

Pie chimneys, {Rx} 141

Pig, see PORCELLUM

PIPER, pepper; ---- NIGRUM, black p.; ---- VIRIDUM, green p., {Rx} 134; "pepper" for other spices, {Rx} 143, 177, 295, seq. --ATUS, prepared with p.

PIPERITIS, pepperwort, Indian pepper, capsicum

PIPIO, a young bird, a squab; from the chirping or "peeping" sounds made by them; ---- EXOSSATUS, boned squab

PIRUM, pear, {Rx} 160-1

PISA, --UM, peas, pea, {Rx} 185, seq., 190-2, 195-8; ---- FARSILIS, {Rx} 186; ---- INDICAM, {Rx} 187; ---- FRIGIDA, {Rx} 188; --M VITELLIANAM, {Rx} 189, 193; ---- ADULTERAM, {Rx} 192

PISCINA, fish pond, fish tank, which was found in every large Roman household to keep a supply of fresh fish on hand

PISCIS, fish; PISCES FRIXOS, {Rx} 476-7; ---- SCORPIONES RAPULATOS, {Rx} 475; ---- ASSOS, {Rx} 478; ---- OENOTEGANON, {Rx} 479, 81; ---- IN PISCIBUS ELIXIS, {Rx} 486; ---- IN PISCE ELIXO, {Rx} 433, 434, 435, 436, 454; ---- AURATA, {Rx} 461; ---- ASSA, {Rx} 462; ---- OENOGARUM, {Rx} 464-5

PISTACIUM, --EUM, pistache

PISTOR, baker, pastry cook, confectioner, see COQUUS

Pitch, for sealing of vessels, {Rx} 25

PLACENTA, a certain cake, a cheese cake

Plaster in bread, p. 39 ---- for sealing of pots, {Rx} 23

Platina, Bartolomeo, humanist, writer, pp. 8, 9, 19, Apiciana No. 6, and often quoted in this index. Author of first printed Cookery book. Cf. Martino and Platina Exponents of Renaissance Cookery, by J. D. Vehling. Cf. Cibarium, Cornum, Corvus, Frictella, Merula, Morus, Passer, Ranae, Risum, Sturnus, Styrio, Thinca, Thymus, Zanzerella

Plato, writer, p. 12

Platters, Roast, p. 219; Athene, p. 158

Plautus, writer, p. 147; ---- naming cooks, {Rx} 484; Plautian Latinity, {Rx} 153

Pliny, writer, p. 31, {Rx} 307, 396, 410

Plumage of birds as a decoration, {Rx} 213

Plums, {Rx} 22

Plutarch, writer, pp. 3, 66, 128

Poggio, medieval scholar, at Fulda, p. 20

POLEI, POLEGIUM, PULEIUM, penny-royal, flea-bane, flea-wort

POLENTA, peeled or pearled barley, {Rx} 178

Pollio, Roman, feeding human flesh to fish, {Rx} 484

POLYPODIUM, the herb fern or polypody

POLYPUS, the fish polypus, {Rx} 410

POLYTELES, POLI--, fine dishes, trimmed, set off; "Recherché" food; Title of