Part 8 (2/2)

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[7] LIBURNIAN OIL _OLEUM LIBURNIc.u.m_

IN ORDER TO MAKE AN OIL SIMILAR TO THE LIBURNIAN OIL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS: IN SPANISH OIL PUT [the following mixture of] ELECAMPANE, CYPRIAN RUSH AND GREEN LAUREL LEAVES THAT ARE NOT TOO OLD, ALL OF IT CRUSHED AND MACERATED AND REDUCED TO A FINE POWDER. SIFT THIS IN AND ADD FINELY GROUND SALT AND STIR INDUSTRIOUSLY FOR THREE DAYS OR MORE.

THEN ALLOW TO SETTLE. EVERYBODY WILL TAKE THIS FOR LIBURNIAN OIL. [1]

[1] Like the above a flagrant case of food adulteration.

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[8] TO CLARIFY MUDDY WINE _VINUM EX ATRO CANDIDUM FACIES_

PUT BEAN MEAL AND THE WHITES OF THREE EGGS IN A MIXING BOWL. MIX THOROUGHLY WITH A WHIP AND ADD TO THE WINE, STIRRING FOR A LONG TIME.

THE NEXT DAY THE WINE WILL BE CLEAR [1]. ASHES OF VINES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.

[1] Ex Lister whose version we prefer. He says, _Alias die erit candidum_ while Tor. adds white salt, saying, _sal si adieceris candidum_, same as Tac. This is unusual, although the ancients have at times treated wine with sea water.

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[9] TO IMPROVE A BROTH [1]

_DE LIQUAMINE EMENDANDO_ [2]

IF BROTH HAS CONTRACTED A BAD ODOR, PLACE A VESSEL UPSIDE DOWN AND FUMIGATE IT WITH LAUREL AND CYPRESS AND BEFORE VENTILATING [3] IT, POUR THE BROTH IN THIS VESSEL. IF THIS DOES NOT HELP MATTERS [4] AND IF THE TASTE IS TOO p.r.o.nOUNCED, ADD HONEY AND FRESH SPIKENARD [5] TO IT; THAT WILL IMPROVE IT. ALSO NEW MUST SHOULD BE LIKEWISE EFFECTIVE [6].

[1] List. _Liquamen, id est, garum_. Goll. Fish sauce.

[2] Tor. _Qui liquamen corruptum corrigatur_.

[3] Dann. Ventilate it. Goll. Whip the sauce in fresh air.

[4] List., G.-V. _si salsum fuerit_--if this makes it too salty--Tor. _si hoc nihil effecerit_.

[5] Tor. _novem spicam immittas_; List. _Move spica_; Goll.-Dann. stir with a whip.

[6] A cla.s.sic example of Apician confusion when one interpreter reads ”s” for ”f” and ”_novem_” for ”_move_”

and another reads something else. Tor. is more correct than the others, but this formula is beyond redemption.

Fate has decreed that ill-smelling broths shall be discarded.

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