Victor Sack wrote:
> 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

Yes, I think that is why the eggs are in parentheses.

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Jean B.