Gourds with Chicken
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- gourds
- truffles (tubera)
- pepper
- caraway
- cumin
- silphium (silfi)
- green herbs
- mint
- celery
- coriander
- pennyroyal
- calamint (caromentam; uncertain reading)
- honey
- wine
- liquamen (fermented fish sauce)
- oil
- vinegar
Instructions
- Combine hard-fleshed gourds and truffles with pepper, caraway, cumin, silphium, green herbs, mint, celery, coriander, pennyroyal and calamint(?).
- Season with honey, wine, liquamen, oil and vinegar, and cook with the chicken.