[2] Tor. _Superasperges_; G.-V. _piper asperges_. X [93] LEEKS _PORROS_ WELL MATURED LEEKS [1] ARE BOILED WITH A PINCH OF SALT [2] IN [combined] WATER AND OIL [3]. THEY ARE THEN STEWED IN OIL AND IN THE BEST KIND OF BROTH, AND SERVED. [1] Tor. _Poros bene maturos_; G.-V. _maturos fieri_. [2] One of the rare instances where Apicius mentions salt in cookery, i.e., salt in a dry form. _Pugnum salis_--a fist of salt--he prescribes here. Usually it is _liquamen_--broth, brine--he uses. [3] Tor. is correct in finishing the sentence here. G.-V. continue _et eximes._, which is the opening of the next sentence, and it makes a difference in the formula. [94] ANOTHER WAY TO COOK LEEKS _ALITER PORROS_ WRAP THE LEEKS WELL IN CABBAGE LEAVES, HAVING FIRST COOKED THEM AS DIRECTED ABOVE [1] AND THEN FINISH THEM IN THE ABOVE WAY. [1] Tor. _in primis_--first; List., G.-V. _in prunis_--hot embers. [95] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER PORROS_ COOK THE LEEKS WITH [laurel] BERRIES [1], [and otherwise treat them] AND SERVE AS ABOVE. [1] Tor. _Porros in bacca coctos_; List. _in cacabo_--cooked in a casserole; Sch. _bafa embama_--steeped, marinated (in oil); G.-V. _in baca coctos_. Another way to read this: _baca et fabæ_--with beans--is quite within reason. The following formula, 96, is perhaps only a variant of the above. Brandt: with olives, referring to No. 91 as a precedent. [96] LEEKS AND BEANS _ALITER PORROS_ AFTER HAVING BOILED THE LEEKS IN WATER, [green string] BEANS WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN PREPARED OTHERWISE, MAY BE BOILED [in the leek water] [1] PRINCIPALLY ON ACCOUNT OF THE GOOD TASTE THEY WILL ACQUIRE; AND MAY THEN BE SERVED WITH THE LEEKS. [1] Apicius needed no modern science of nutrition to remind him of the value of the mineral salts in vegetables. XI [97] BEETS _BETAS_ TO MAKE A DISH OF BEETS THAT WILL APPEAL TO YOUR TASTE [1] SLICE [the beets, [2] with] LEEKS AND CRUSH CORIANDER AND CUMIN; ADD RAISIN WINE [3], BOIL ALL DOWN TO PERFECTION: BIND IT, SERVE [the beets] SEPARATE FROM THE BROTH, WITH OIL AND VINEGAR. [1] Sentence in Tor.; wanting in List. _et al._ [2] List. No mention of beets is made in this formula; therefore, it may belong to the foregoing leek recipes. V. This is not so. Here the noun is made subject to the first verb, as is practiced frequently. Moreover, the mode of preparation fits beets nicely, except for the flour to which we object in note 3, below. To cook beets with leeks, spices and wine and serve them (cold) with oil and vinegar is indeed a method that cannot be improved upon. [3] Tac., Tor., List., G.-V. _uvam passam_, _Farinam_--raisins and flour--for which there is no reason. Sch. _varianam_--raisin wine of the Varianian variety; Bas. _Phariam_. V. inclined to agree with Sch. and Bas. [98] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER BETAS ELIXAS_