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Aliter holus molle ex foliis lactucarum
cum cepis
Coques ex aqua nitrata,
expressa concides minutatim. In mortario teres piper, ligusticum,
apii semen, mentam siccam, cepam, liquamenº, oleum et uinum.
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Another recipe for cooked lettuce and
onions
Cook them in cooking soda, drain and mince.
In a mortar grind pepper, lovage-seed, celery-seed, dried mint, onions,
add garumº,
oil and wine.
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Notes
According to a note in the margin of an ancient
manuscript, this is meant to be a dish that doesn't need chewing, but
can almost be drunk. Like our soup, maybe. it may very well belikend to
Portuguese 'caldo verde', except for the potatoes. A first experiment
brought to my mind the way my mother used to prepare endives, but somewhat
more savory.
Boil the lettuce in a little water. I would suggest to leave out the 'nitrate',
because it is just meant to keep the vegetables a bright green, but is
not wholesome at all.
While it is cooking, prepare the following sauce in a mortar: pepper,
lovage-seed, celery-seed, spring onions, garumº,
oil and a little wine. Drain the cooked lettuce and chop it into a kind
of purée. Mix in the sauce and serve.
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