Book VII
Pomegranates, to keep, {Rx} 20
Pompeii: Casa di Forno. See p. 2 ---- destroyed, p. 3, seq. ---- Wine Room, illustration, p. 124
Pompeii, city, description of, see Review. Innkeeper at ---- advertising ham, {Rx} 287; objects, table ware, etc., found at P., see list of illustrations
POMUM, fruit of any tree, as apples, pears, peaches, cherries, figs, dates, nuts, also mulberries and truffles. Cf. MALUM, p. 370
PONTUS, Black Sea Region
PORCA, PORCUS, female and male swine; PORCELLUS, PORCELLINUS, young s., pig, {Rx} 336-81, 488-94; ---- PORCELLUM FARSILEM, {Rx} 366, 367; ---- ASSUM, {Rx} 369; ---- ELIXUM, {Rx} 368; ---- APICIANUM, {Rx} 370; ---- VITELLIANUM, {Rx} 371; ---- LAUREATUM, {Rx} 373; ---- FRONTINIANUM, {Rx} 374; ---- CELSINIANUM, {Rx} 376, 377; ---- HORTULANUM, {Rx} 378; ---- ELIXUM IUS FRIGIDUM, {Rx} 379; ---- TRAIANUM, {Rx} 380; ---- CORIANDRATUM, {Rx} 488; ---- FLACCIANUM, {Rx} 372; ---- OENOCOCTUM, {Rx} 489; ---- EO IURE, {Rx} 490; ---- THYMO SPARSUM, {Rx} 491; OXYZOMUM, {Rx} 492; ---- LASARATUM, {Rx} 493; ---- IUSCELLATUM, {Rx} 494; ---- ASSUM TRACTOMELINUM, {Rx} 369; ---- LACTE PASTUM, {Rx} 370; ---- IN PORCELLO LACTANTE, {Rx} 381
Pork, p. 285; ---- and onions à la Lucretius, {Rx} 151; ---- skin, cracklings, {Rx} 251-55; ---- udder, {Rx} 251; ---- tenderloin, {Rx} 251-255; ---- tails and feet, {Rx} 251; ---- fig-fed, {Rx} 259; ---- cutlets, Hunter Style, {Rx} 263; ---- paunch, {Rx} 285; ---- loin and kidneys, {Rx} 286; ---- shoulder, {Rx} 287-88; ---- fresh ham, {Rx} 289; ---- bacon, {Rx} 290; ---- Salt ---- {Rx} 290; ---- forcemeat, {Rx} 366
Porker, The ----'s Last Will and Testament, {Rx} 376
Porridge, Books IV, V, {Rx} 172, 178; ---- and wine sauce, {Rx} 179; ---- another, {Rx} 180
PORRUM, --US, leek, {Rx} 93, 96; "SECTILE ----"--Martial
PORTULACA, PORCILACA, purslane
POSCA, originally water and vinegar or lemon juice. It became an acid drink of several variations, made with wine, fruit juice, eggs and water
Pot Roast, {Rx} 270
Potherbs, to keep, {Rx} 25, 188, see OLUS
Potted Entrées, {Rx} 54
POTUS, drink
PRAECOQUO, --OCTUS, --OCIA, "cooked beforehand," also ripened too early, but the present kitchen term is "blanching," or "parboiling." Cf. PRAEDURO
PRAEDURO, to harden by boiling, to blanch, {Rx} 119
Preserves, several in