Jean B. > wrote:

> I am going to look right now.... Surprise, surprise, it is even
> listed under French Toast in Vehling's index. For anyone else who
> may be curious:
>
> Another Sweet Dish (Aliter Dulcia)
> Source: Apicius: Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, ed. and
> trans. by Joseph Dommers Vehling. I am using the Dover reprint of
> 1977. Caps as in original.
>
> "BREAK [slice] FINE WHITE BREAD, CRUST REMOVED, INTO RATHER LARGE
> PIECES WHICH SOAK IN MILK [and beaten eggs] FRY IN OIL, COVER
> WITH HONEY AND SERVE."
>
> Don't you think the eggs would make a critical difference?

Sure, but I do not see any eggs in the original:

"Aliter dulcia: siligineos rasos frangis et buccellas maiores facies. in
lacte infundis, frigis et in oleo, mel superfundis et inferes."

The egg suggestion was probably added by the translator, maybe for a
good reason.

Victor