[Sca-cooks] tapenade, moreta, pesto

Christine Seelye-King kingstaste at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 5 07:19:51 PDT 2001


> http://virgil.org/appendix/moretum.htm
>
> Here's a translation of Virgil's poem MORETUM wherein Symilus the rustic
> husbandman prepares this dish of garlic, parsley, rue, coriander, salt and
> cheese, pounded in a mortar and sprinkled with olive oil and vinegar,
> which he forms into a ball, packs it up with bread for his lunch and goes
> back to work.

> Selene
>

	Say, that sounds a lot like the Sala Catabia recipe for lunch layered in
bread.  Hmm, will have to go look that one up again.
Christianna




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