Convivium Menu

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Meats

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Shark or Tuna 33 pan fried in olive oil  
Boiled mussels      
Chicken Stuffed with Olives 34    
Isicia Omentata (A kind of Roman Burger)      
Patina de pisciculis (souffle of small fishes)      
Egyptian goose      
Minutal Marinum (seafood fricassee)      
Pullum Frontonianum (Chicken a la Fronto)      
Pullum Frontonianum (chicken a la Fronto) 2      
Pullus Fusilis (Chicken With Liquid Filling)      
Vitellina Fricta (Fried Veal)      
In Vitulinam Elixam (Boiled Veal)      
Aliter Baedinam Sive Agninam Excaldatam (Steamed Lamb)      
In Mitulis (Sea Mussels)      
Scillas (Big Shrimps)      
Sarda Ita Fit (Tuna)      
Grilled Lobster Apicius      
Seasoned Mussels      
Parthian Roast Lamb      
Baian Stew (Seafood)      
Baked Red Mullet with Herb Sauce      
Shellfish Sausage in Wine Sauce      
Roasted Sea Bream with Quince Sauce      
Roast Kid or Lamb 36 good with pork roast Magee
Honey-glazed Shrimp 48     
Tuna Steak 49 cooked in wine  
Bream in Cheese & oil 61 coat fish with cheese and bake  
Rock Eel with Mulberry sauce 62 really a fish poached in white wine; put sauce on it  
Fish in Coriander Crust 63 roll in seeds and bake in crust  
Salt Meat Stew 64    
Roast Hare 75    
Liver 76 slice and grill  
Baked Mackerel 77    
Smoked Sausages 90    
One thousand Larks tongues      
Chicken Salad 103    
Parthian Chicken 108 baked; no sweetener!  
Pork Shoulder with Sweet Wine Cakes 109 boil and bake meat; bread meat with wine  
Stuffed and Grilled Kidneys 111    
White Sausages 119    
Seasoned mussels      
Pork with Apple 121 beef too  
Stuffed Chicken 123 roasted or boiled   
Shrimp or Crawfish with Cumin 130 minced, rolled, fried  
Sole 132 boiled with sauce  
Roast Duck with Hazelnuts 133    
Patina Apricana 136 like a lasagna made with shrimp, breast, ham, and sausage  
Stuffed Sardines with Egg      
Aniseed Chicken      
Baian Stew      
Baked plaice (fish)      
Beef casserole      
Boiled chicken      
Boiled goose with cold sauce      
Boiled Partridge      
Boiled veal      
Browned Chicken Frontinian      
Chicken with liquid filling      
Chicken with Squash Giacosa 102    
Fish cooked in its own juice      
Fish Fillets with Leeks and Coriander      
Fish in herb sauce      
Fish in vine leaves      
Fish with turnips in saffron sauce      
Fried liver      
Fried veal      
Golden Trout      
Grilled Liver Giacosa 100    
Ham in a red wine sauce      
Ham in Pastry Giacosa 96    
Hare in a sweet sauce      
Julian pottage (substitute ground meat for the brains)      
Lamb stew      
Liver Patties Giacosa 101    
Lucanian Sausage      
Meatballs with Fava Beans Giacosa 90    
Mussels with lentils      
Oysters      
Parthian Kid or Lamb Giacosa 99    
Patina of Soles in Herb sauce      
Pork in a piquant sauce      
Pork Stew with Apples Giacosa 93    
Pork Stew with Citron Giacosa 95    
Prawn rissoles      
Red Mullet in Fennel and Mint Sauce      
Roast Duck in Spiced Gravy      
Roast Duck with Damson Sauce      
Roast Lamb or Kid Giacosa 98    
Roast Meat Giacosa 88    
Roast Meat with Herbs Giacosa 88    
Roast Pork in Celery Seed Sauce      
Soufflé of small fishes      
Steaks      
Steamed lamb      
Stuffed Chicken  Giacosa 103     
Stuffed hare      
Stuffed Meat Patties Giacosa 89    
Stuffed Roast Hare with White Sauce      
Stuffed Suckling Pig Giacosa 97    
Sucking pig      
Veal or Beef Stew Giacosa 91    
Veal Scaloppine Giacosa 92    

Fruits, Vegetables, and Soups

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Asparagus Custard 134    
Athenian Cabbage 50 salad with vinegar/honey dressing  
Baked Squash 138    
Barley soup      
Barley Polenta Giacosa 82    
Barley soup Giacosa 80    
Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts       
Celery Puree 91    
Creamed Wheat      
Creamed Wheat Giacosa 77    
Fabaciae Virides et Baianae (Green and Baian Beans)      
Honeyed fruit      
Honeyed Mushrooms 113 boil the mushroom  
Lentil Soup 89    
Porridge 40 Kykean  
Peas 120 boil and puree  
Stuffed Squash 105    
Mushrooms in honey      
Pea soup      
Pepones et Melones (water and honey melons)      
Seasoned Melon Giacosa 63 Same as above, but you don't cook it.  
Patina de Piris (pear souffle)      
Spicy lentils      
Chick Pea Pancake (Cecina)      
Fava Beans alla Vitellius      
Artichokes in Herb Sauce      
Leeks with Celery      
Lentil and barley soup      
Alexandrine squash      
Artichokes cooked in herbs      
Beans in the Pod in Coriander Sauce       
Beets with chicken       
Beets with Leeks in Wine       
Braised cucumbers      
Bread Salad      
Butter beans in herb sauce      
Cauliflower in Celery Mint Sauce      
Carrots Sautéed in Peppered Wine Sauce      
Celery with raisin sauce      
Cooked Cucumbers with Fennel      
Fried Anchovy Patina Giacosa 63    
Fried carrots      
Goat's cheese with rice in vine leaves      
Green Beans in Coriander Sauce       
Honey omelette      
Kale Soup Giacosa 83    
Lentil stew      
Mussels in sweet wine sauce      
Patina of fillets of hake      
Patina of fresh anchovies      
Peas Vinairgrette      
Pickled Beets      
Porridge à la Julianus Giacosa 78    
Puree of lettuce leaves with onions      
Spiced fritters      
Squash Appetizer Giacosa 62    
Soup with Tracta and Milk Giacosa 80 Tracta were a kind of ancient cracker  
Sweet-and-Sour Turnips or Rutabagas Giacosa 61    
Vegetable Soup Giacosa 82    

Desserts

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Pancakes with Honey Sesame Seeds 38    
Cheese & Sesame Sweetmeats 54    
Delian Sweets 68 fried cubes of flour  
Alexandrian Sweets 78 nuts glazed with honey  
Honey Nut Cake 80 roast nuts and blend in food processor; spread in a tray  
Cheese Cake 92    
Sweet Cheesecake 93     
Savory Cheesecake 93    
Layered Cheesecake 94      
Pear Patina 125 like a pie  
Gustum de Praecoquis (starter with apricots)      
Honey Frittata      
Savillum (Roman Cheese Cake)      
Honeyed Fried Bread      
Dulcia Domestica (Housemade Dessert)      
Aliter Dulcia (Another Kind of Dessert)      
Sweet Roman Toast      
Curds with honey      
Custard      
Date and nut desert        
Dates Alexandrine      
Honeyed quinces      
Patina of elderberries      
Pancakes with milk      
Pear patina      
Pears with Cinnamon and Wine      
Truffles       

Appetizers & Snacks 

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Apician Patina Giacosa 72    
Apricot Appetizer Giacosa 66    
Apricot Fricassee Giacosa 67    
Asparagus and Figpecker Patina Giacosa 51    
Asparagus Patina with Herbs Giacosa 52    
Barley cake      
Boiled eggs (several recipes) Giacosa 50    
Cecina (Chick Pea Pancake)      
Celery with wine vinegar      
Cheese and honey      
Cheese Round with Herbs Giacosa 54 The e pluribus unum cheese ball.  So much garlic that you'll kill the dragon.  
Cheese Round with Herbs Giacosa 55 Spiced cheese. Can be melted.  Ancient cheese ball (or fondue).  
Cheese Sweetened with Honey      
Cheese with figs      
Chick peas with cheese        
Chick-peas in saffron      
Chilled Cheese & Chicken Liver Pâté Giacosa 55    
Chilled Chicken, Sweetbread, and Cheese Pâté Giacosa 57    
Concicla à la Apicius Giacosa 69    
Concicla à la Commodus Giacosa 50 Boiled & mashed peas.  Baked in a kind of a soufflé.  
Diced cheesebread      
Fig cakes      
Fried Anchovy Patina Giacosa 63    
Goat cheese with crackers        
Garlic and herb pate      
Hazelnuts with herb puree      
Herbal Bread and Cheese Giacosa 58    
Honey cakes      
Lettuce Patina Giacosa 53 Baked eggs & lettuce.  Like a spinach quiche.  
Liver Pâté Giacosa 58    
Mackerel stuffed vine leaves      
Milk fed snails      
Mushroom Caps Giacosa 65    
Nut cake      
Olive and celery pate      
Olive Paste or Epityrum Giacosa 59    
Olives with herbs      
Onion Appetizer Giacosa 68    
Pan cakes      
Pastry rounds      
Patina with Brain Giacosa 54 Why?  Because even zombies like to eat well.  
Pear pudding      
Pickled cheese      
Poached eggs in white wine      
Rose Patina Giacosa 71    
Seasoned Mushroom Caps Giacosa 65    
Sesame biscuits      
Sesame wafers      
Shellfish Forcemeats      
Soft cheese with a herb puree      
Squash Appetizer Giacosa 62    
Stuffed dates      
Stuffed dormice Giacosa 75    
Sweet-and-sour Turnips or Rutababas Giacosa 61    
Truffle Salad Giacosa 65    
Wine cakes      

Breads and Cakes and Pastries

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Libum      
Mushroom bread      
Rich Sweet Cakes      
Platted bread      
Soft bread      
Walnut and fig cakes      

Drinks, Sauces, Dairy, et cetera

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Olive Relish 31 good with pita bread and sharp feta cheese  
Barley Rolls 52    
Garlic Cheese 85    
Boiled eggs with pine nut sauce      
Spiced Wine 101    
Soft-boiled Eggs 117    
Cucumber Dressing 118 slice and marinate  
Nut Omelet 139    
Tiropatinam (A Kind of Soufflee)      
Mustacei (=Must Rolls)      
Mustacae (another recipe)      
Pine Nut Sauce for Eggs      
Patina of Anchovies      
Sweetened Cheese      
In Ovis Apalis (Boiled Eggs)      
Sweet Stuffed Sardines with Eggs      
Ova Sfongia Ex Lacte (Pancakes with Milk)      
Barley water      
Mulsum      
Rose honey      
Fishpickle      
Cheese Sauce for Lettuce Giacosa 47 Like Roquefort dressing  
Cold Sauce for Fowl Giacosa 37    
Cooked Sauce for Boiled Artichoke Bottoms Giacosa 46 wine-based sauce  
Cooked Sauce for Roast Giacosa 35    
Cumin Sauce for Shellfish Giacosa 44    
Date Sauce for Boiled Ostrich Giacosa 36 Good sauce for any fowl  
Date Sauce for Scaloppine Giacosa 34    
Goat's milk sauce      
Garum fish sauce      
Green Sauce for Fowl Giacosa 39 uses parsley, dates, etc.  
Hard-boiled Egg Sauce for Scaloppine Giacosa 33    
Herb Sauce for Fried Fish Giacosa 42 good served on the side with fried & baked fish  
Liquamen      
Nine part sauce      
Nut Sauce from Scaloppine Giacosa 32    
Pine Nut Sauce for Medium-Boiled Eggs Giacosa 47    
Prune Sauce for Scaloppine Giacosa 35    
Salad dressing      
Sauce for All Types of Game Giacosa 40 a powder made of pepper, celery seed, etc.  
Sauce for Bonito Giacosa 43 a vinaigrette that's good with fish  
Sauce for Cuttlefish Giacosa 41    
Sauce for Eggs      
Sauce for Gilthead Giacosa 42    
Sauce for Hard-Boiled Eggs Giacosa 46 wine-based sauce   
Sauce for Meat      
Sauce for Numbfish Giacosa 40 mayonnaise-based sauce good for various types of fish  
Sauce for Oysters Giacosa 44 mayonnaise-based sauce   
Sauce for roast venison      
Sauce for roast wood pigeons      
Sauce for sea bream      
Sauce for tuna fish      
Sauce for Various Types of Fowl Giacosa 38 uses prunes, honey, vinegar, etc.  
Sauce for Wild Mushrooms Giacosa 45 use with a mushroom salad  
Vinegar Marinade Giacosa 45    
White Sauce for Boiled Meat Giacosa 31    

Dry Goods

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Napkins        
Sparkling grape juice 
Sparkling grape juice 
Sparkling grape juice 
  The closest to wine we can get.    
3 Cokes (2 liter) 
2 Diet Cokes & 1 Sprite (2 liter)
2 Dr. Peppers & 1 Diet Dr. Pepper 
      
Big ice chest filled w/ice (for the drinks)       
Large, heavy duty plastic plates 
Large, heavy duty plastic plates
Large, heavy duty plastic plates
      
Large plastic cups 
Large plastic cups
     
Forks, knives, spoons 
Forks, knives, spoons
     
Plastic bowls       

Patina means the recipe is cooked in a skillet with a lid on top.  A kind of ancient casserole.

Substitute ground meat for brains.  Consuming mammal brains can be a health risk.
 

Garum & Liquamen