Green Beans and Baian Beans (Four Ways)

Ingredients

• green (fresh) beans (fabaciae virides)
• Baian beans (Baianae; beans from Baiae)
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• olive oil
• green coriander
• cumin
• leek
• mustard (sinapi), honey, pine nuts, rue, vinegar
• celery (apium), rue
• caroenum or passum (grape-must reductions)

Instructions

1. Green beans: serve boiled with liquamen, oil, green coriander, cumin, and chopped leek.
2. Another way: fry the beans and serve with liquamen.
3. Another way: dress beans with ground mustard, honey, pine nuts, rue, cumin, and vinegar.
4. Baian beans: boil and chop small; serve with rue, green celery, leek, vinegar, oil, liquamen, and a little caroenum or passum.