LASER, LASERPITIUM, --ICIUM, the juice or distillate of the herb by that name, also known as SILPHIUM, SYLPHIUM, Greek, SYLPHION. Some agree that this is our present asa foetida, while other authorities deny this. Some claim its home is in Persia, while others say the best LASER came from Cyrene (Kyrene), Northern Africa. The center picture of the so-called Arkesilas-Bowl of Vulci at Paris, Cab. d. Méd. 189, represents a picture as seen by the artist in Kyrene how King Arkesilas (VI. saec.) watches the weighing and the stowing away in the hold of a sailing vessel of a costly cargo of sylphium. It was an expensive and very much esteemed flavoring agent, and, for that reason, the plant which grew only in the wild state, was probably exterminated There is much speculation, but its true nature will not be revealed without additional information ℞ 15, 31, 32, 34, 100; p. 22 Method of flavoring with laser-impregnated nuts, ℞ 15 LASERATUS, LASARATUS, prepared or seasoned with LASER, or SILPHIUM Latin title of Vehling translation, opposite title page LAUREATUM, prepared with LAURUS; also in the sense of excellence in quality, ℞ 365, 373 LAURUS CINNAMOMUM, cinnamon; ---- NOBILIS, laurel leaf, bay leaf La Varenne, French cook, p. 16 Laws, sumptuary, p. 25, ℞ 166 Laxatives, ℞ 4, 5, 6, 29, 34 Leeks, p. 188, ℞ 93-6; ---- and beans, ℞ 96 LEGUMEN, leguminous plants; all kinds of pulse-peas, beans lentils, etc., Book V LENS, LENTICULA, lentils, ℞ 183-4 LEPIDIUM SATIVUM, watercress LEPOREM MADIDUM, ℞ 382, seq. ---- FARSUM, ℞ 384; ---- PASSENIANUM, ℞ 389; ---- ISICIATUM, ℞ 390; ---- FARSILEM, ℞ 391; ---- ELIXIUM, ℞ 392; ---- SICCO SPARSUM, ℞ 394; ---- LEPORIS CONDITURA, ℞ 393-5 LEPUS, hare; LEPUSCULUM, young hare; LEPORARIUM, a place for keeping hare; LEPORINUM MINUTAL, minced hare, Hasenpfeffer, ℞ 382-395 Lettuce, B. V, ℞ 105, 109-111; ---- and endives, ℞ 109; ---- purée of, ℞ 130 LEUCANTHEMIS, camomile LEUCOZOMUS, "creamed," prepared with milk, ℞ 250 Lex Fannia, ℞ 166 Liaison, lié, ℞ 54; cf. AMYLARE LIBELLI, little ribs, spare ribs, also loin of pork, ℞ 251 LIBRA, weight, 1 pound (abb. "lb." still in use); LIBRAE, balances, scales LIBURNICUM, see oil, oleum LIGUSTICUM, lovage (from Liguria) also LEVISTICUM; identical with garden lovage, savory, basilica, satury, etc. LIQUORIBUS, DE, p. 370 LIQUAMEN, any kind of culinary liquid, depending upon the occasion. It may be interpreted as brine, stock, gravy, jus, sauce, drippings, marinade, natural juice; it must be interpreted in the broadest sense, as the particular instance requires. This much disputed term has been illustrated also in page 22. Also see ℞ 9, 42 Liquids, Summary of, p. 370 ---- thickening of, by means of flour, eggs, etc., called Liaison, cf. AMYLARE