SCRUPULUM, SCRI--, a weight, which see Sealing vessels to prevent air from entering, ℞ 23, 25 Sea Barb, ℞ 482-3; ---- Bass, ℞ 158, 447; ---- Eel, ℞ 484; ---- food, p. 343; ---- stew, Baian style, ℞ 432; ---- mullet, ℞ 157; ---- nettles, ℞ 162; ---- perch, ℞ 447; ---- pike, ℞ 158; ---- urchin, ℞ 413-4; ---- scorpion, ℞ 475 Sea-scorpion with turnips, ℞ 475 Sea water, ℞ 8 Seasoning, see flavoring Secrecy in recipes, pp. 29, 30 Seeds, Summary of, p. 236 SEL, see SIL SEMINIBUS, DE, p. 236 Seneca, Roman philosopher, pp. 3, 11, 15 SEPIA, cuttle-fish, ℞ 406-9 SERPYLLUM, wild thyme Service berry, ℞ 159 ---- pan with decorated handle, illustration, p. 73 ---- dish for eggs, p. 93 SESAMUM, sesame herb or corn SESELIS, SEL, SIL, hartwort, kind of cumin SETANIA, a kind of medlar, also a certain onion or bulb SEXTARIUS, a measure, which see, ℞ 1 Sforza Ms. Apiciana XIII Shellfish, ℞ 397, 412 Shell-shaped Dessert Dish, p. 125 Shircliffe, Arnold, Dedication, p. 273 Shore Dinner, ℞ 46 Sicardus Ms. Apiciana XIV Signerre Rothomag., editor, pp. 258, seq., also see Tacuinus Signerre, Colophon, p. 260 SIL, see SESELIS SILIGO, winter wheat, very hard wheat SILIQUA, shell, pod, husk SILPHIUM, SYLPHIUM, same as LASERPITIUM, which see, ℞ 32 SILURUS, supposed to be the river fish sly silurus, or sheat-fish, also called the horn-pout, or catfish, ℞ 426 SIMILA, --AGO, fine wheat flour SINAPIS, mustard "_Singe_," ℞ 55 SION, --UM, plant growing in the marshes or on meadows, water-parsnip SISYMBRIUM, water cress SITULA, hot water kettle Skate, ℞ 403-4 Slang in ancient text, p. 19 Slaughter, cruel methods of, ℞ 259, 260 Slaves grinding flour, illustration, p. 60 Sloe, see PRUNUM Smelts, ℞ 138-39 SMYRNION, --UM, a kind of herb, common Alexander Snails, ℞ 323-5 Soda, use of ---- to keep vegetables green, ℞ 66 Soft cabbage, ℞ 103-6 SOLEA, flat fish, the sole, ℞ 154, 487; SOLEARUM PATINA, _ibid._ SORBITIO, from SORBEO, supping up, sipping, drinking, drought; any liquid food that may be sipped, a drink, a potion, a broth, a sherbet, Fr. SORBET Sorrel, ℞ 26 Sour Dock, ℞ 26 Soups, ℞ 178, seq. Sow's womb, matrix, udder, belly, ℞ 59, 172, 251-8 Soyer, Alexis, chef, 35 Sparrow, see PASSER Spätzli, ℞ 247 Spelt, ℞ 58-9 Spengler, O., writer, p. 17 SPICA, a "spike," ear of corn, top of plants, the plant spikenard, SPICA NARDI Spiced Fruit, ℞ 177 Spices, Summary of, pp. 234-5; spicing, ancient and modern, ℞ 15, 276-77, 385, seq. Spiny lobster, ℞ 54, 485 Spoiling, to prevent food from--see Book I, and Preserving, to prevent birds from spoiling, ℞ 229-30, 233