A&S Dinner Menu
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hrjBecause this is the simplest place to put it:
Based on and inspired by (but not necessarily re-creating) recipes in Anthimus
The meat will be served hot off the grill; all other dishes will be served cold.
To begin:
Bread: It is best to eat white bread, not unleavened but well leavened ... for if the bread is not well risen, it weighs heavily on the stomach.
Fresh cheese with honey: Fresh sweet cheese which is unsalted is suitable for healthy people. However if it is extremely fresh it is good to dip it in honey.
Olives
For the main course:
A salad of lettuce, arugula, cucumber, radishes, and celery, dressed with a mixture of olive oil, vinegar, minced leeks, dill, and mint: Lettuces ... are eaten especially after being freshly gathered. ... Celery ... dill and leeks may be added in the preparation of all foods, so long as the leeks are parboiled a little beforehand ... cucumbers ... when they are available ... are good for kidney problems. ... Radishes are suitable for healthy and phlegmatic people, provided that they are left to ripen for five days or more after being gathered. ... [melons] are eaten ... with diluted vinegar anda sprinkling of [mint].
Parsnips, carrots, and turnips, parboiled and then sauted with minced bacon, vinegar, and salt: Turnips are good. They can be eaten boiled in salt and oil, or they can be cooked with meat or bacon, provided that vinegar is added to the recipe for flavor. Parsnips and carrots are good when boiled well and mixed in other dishes .... If they are eaten fried, parboil them first in water.
A pilaf of millet, with cumin seed, mint, dill, and salt: (Here I diverge entirely from Anthiimus who cooks millet with milk and has no seasonings.)
Lentils cooked with sumach and coriander seed, dressed with vinegar, olive oil, and salt: Lentils are good when washed and carefully boiled in fresh water. ... When they are cooked, add for flavor a little vinegar, together with the addition of that spice which is called Syrian sumach. ... You can for flavoring add a good spoonful of oil from unripe olives ... as well as one or two spoonfulls of coriander ... and a pinch of salt for seasoning.
And for the meat dish:
Skewers of beef, lamb, and chicken, marinated as follows
Beef -- red wine, vinegar, leeks, celery, fennel, mint, honey, pepper, spikenard, and cloves: Beef ... braised in a sauce ... [of] vinegar, some leeks, and a little [mint], some celery and fennel ... then add ... honey ... pepper ... spikenard ...cloves ... with the addition of a little wine.
Lamb -- red wine, salt, mint: Mutton ... when it is roasting, salt mixed with wine should be spread over it with a feather.
Chicken -- white wine, coriander seed, celery leaf: Partridges are good ...without any seasoning ...although a bunch of coriander can be cooked with them.
For the dessert course:
Almonds, pistachios, dates, dried figs, raisins: Almonds are good. ... Pistachio nuts are good and suitable. ... Dates are good too, but not on a regular basis, because if eaten to excess they usually cause flatulence and headaches. Dried figs are good and suitable, being especially useful as a remedy for incipient catarrh, provided they are chewed in the mouth for a long time. ... Raisins from sweet white grapes have similar properties.
Based on and inspired by (but not necessarily re-creating) recipes in Anthimus
The meat will be served hot off the grill; all other dishes will be served cold.
To begin:
Bread: It is best to eat white bread, not unleavened but well leavened ... for if the bread is not well risen, it weighs heavily on the stomach.
Fresh cheese with honey: Fresh sweet cheese which is unsalted is suitable for healthy people. However if it is extremely fresh it is good to dip it in honey.
Olives
For the main course:
A salad of lettuce, arugula, cucumber, radishes, and celery, dressed with a mixture of olive oil, vinegar, minced leeks, dill, and mint: Lettuces ... are eaten especially after being freshly gathered. ... Celery ... dill and leeks may be added in the preparation of all foods, so long as the leeks are parboiled a little beforehand ... cucumbers ... when they are available ... are good for kidney problems. ... Radishes are suitable for healthy and phlegmatic people, provided that they are left to ripen for five days or more after being gathered. ... [melons] are eaten ... with diluted vinegar anda sprinkling of [mint].
Parsnips, carrots, and turnips, parboiled and then sauted with minced bacon, vinegar, and salt: Turnips are good. They can be eaten boiled in salt and oil, or they can be cooked with meat or bacon, provided that vinegar is added to the recipe for flavor. Parsnips and carrots are good when boiled well and mixed in other dishes .... If they are eaten fried, parboil them first in water.
A pilaf of millet, with cumin seed, mint, dill, and salt: (Here I diverge entirely from Anthiimus who cooks millet with milk and has no seasonings.)
Lentils cooked with sumach and coriander seed, dressed with vinegar, olive oil, and salt: Lentils are good when washed and carefully boiled in fresh water. ... When they are cooked, add for flavor a little vinegar, together with the addition of that spice which is called Syrian sumach. ... You can for flavoring add a good spoonful of oil from unripe olives ... as well as one or two spoonfulls of coriander ... and a pinch of salt for seasoning.
And for the meat dish:
Skewers of beef, lamb, and chicken, marinated as follows
Beef -- red wine, vinegar, leeks, celery, fennel, mint, honey, pepper, spikenard, and cloves: Beef ... braised in a sauce ... [of] vinegar, some leeks, and a little [mint], some celery and fennel ... then add ... honey ... pepper ... spikenard ...cloves ... with the addition of a little wine.
Lamb -- red wine, salt, mint: Mutton ... when it is roasting, salt mixed with wine should be spread over it with a feather.
Chicken -- white wine, coriander seed, celery leaf: Partridges are good ...without any seasoning ...although a bunch of coriander can be cooked with them.
For the dessert course:
Almonds, pistachios, dates, dried figs, raisins: Almonds are good. ... Pistachio nuts are good and suitable. ... Dates are good too, but not on a regular basis, because if eaten to excess they usually cause flatulence and headaches. Dried figs are good and suitable, being especially useful as a remedy for incipient catarrh, provided they are chewed in the mouth for a long time. ... Raisins from sweet white grapes have similar properties.
