Another Dish for the Stomach (Beet Greens)

Ingredients

• beet greens/stalks
• natron (nitrum)
• passum (raisin wine) or caroenum (reduced must)
• cumin
• pepper
• oil
• polypodium (fern rootstock)
• walnuts
• liquamen (fermented fish sauce)

Instructions

1. Bundle beet greens; wipe clean, do not wash. Sprinkle natron in the center of each and tie.
2. Boil in water.
3. Dress the pan with passum or caroenum, cumin, pepper and a little oil.
4. When it boils, grind polypodium and walnut pieces with liquamen; pour into the hot pan and cover.
5. Remove immediately and serve.