Book 3 — The Table

Abſtemious Perſons who eat no Fleſh, nor were under Vows, 104

Abſterſives, 42

ACETARIA, Criticiſms on the Word, how they differ from Olera, &c., 1

Achilles, 77

Acids, 63

Adam and Eve lived on Vegetables and Plants, 94

Africans eat Capſicum Indicum, 34

Aged Perſons, 44; Sallet-Eaters, 80

Agues, 81

Air, 80

Alliaria, 19

Ale, 15

Alleluja, 47

Alexanders, 5

Allium, 18

Altar dedicated to Lettuce, 21

Anagallis, 9

Annæus Serenus poiſoned by Muſhroms, 27

Anatomy, Comparative, 90

Antecœnia, 74

Antediluvians eat no Fleſh for 2000 years, 80

Aparine, 12

Aperitives, 10

Appetite, 21; How to subdue, 98

Apician Luxury, 103

Apium, 35; Italicum, 41

Aromatics, 13

Artichoaks, 5

Arum Theophraſti, 48

Aſcalonia, 41

Aſcetics, 106

Aſparagus, 43; preferable to the Dutch, 43; how to cover in Winter without Dung, 87

Aſphodel, 23

Aſtringents, 9

Aſthmatical, 31

Aſſa fœtida, 52

Atriplex, 32

Auguſtus, 21

Autumn, 71

B.

Barlæus's Deſcription Poetic of a Sallet Collation, 113

Baſil, 7

Baulm, 7

Beere, 15

Beet, 7, 79

Benzoin, 51

Bile, 36

Blite, 8

Blood to purifie, 8; Eating it prohibited, 100

Boletus, 26

Books of Botany, 54; to be read with caution where they write of Edule Plants, ib.

Borrage, 8

Bowels, 58

Brain, 7, 38

Bramins, 97

Brandy and Exotic Liquors pernicious, 93

Bread and Sallet ſufficient for Life, 2; Made of Turnips, 46

Breaſt, 19

Broccoli, 10

Brook lime, 9

Broth, 19

Brute Animals much healthier than Men, why, 91

Buds, 9

Buglos, 9

Bulbo Caſtanum, 15

Buphthalmum, 15

Burnet, 35

Butter, 64

C.

Cabbage, 10

Capſicum Indicum, 34

Cardialgia, 34

Carduus Sativus, 5

Cardon, Spaniſh, 6

Carnivorous Animals, 89

Carrots, 11

Cattel reliſh of their Paſture and Food, 86; Vide Fowl.

Cauly flower, 11

Cepæ, 31

Cephalics, 30

Chæriphyllum, 12

Champignons, 26; Vide Muſhroms.

Chaſtity, 21

Children chuſe to eat Fruit before other Meat, 94

Chriſtians abſtaining from eating Fleſh, 97

Choler, 20

Church Catholics Future Glory predicted, 115

Cibarium, 63

Cicuta, 48

Cinara, 5

Clary, 12

Claudius Cæſar, 27

Claver, 12

Cleanſing, 44

Climate, 80

Cochlearia, 41; vide Scurvy-Graſs.

Cooks, 77; Phyſicians to Emperors and Popes, 55; vide Heroes.

Collation of Sallet, Extemporary, 73

Cold, 16

Cooling, 33

Complexion, 84

Compoſing, and Compoſer of Sallets, 71

Compotation, 74

Conceſſion to eat Fleſh, ſince which Mens Lives ſhortned, 97

Concoction, 18

Condiments, 64; vide Sauce.

Conſcience, 98

Conſent; vide Harmony.

Conſtitution of Body, 57

Conſuls and Great Perſons ſupt in their Garden, 121

Contemplative Perſons, 104

Convictus Facilis, 117

Cordials, 7

Coriander, 49

Corrago, 9

Correctives, 82

Corn, what Ground moſt proper for it, 86

Corn Sallet, 12

Corroboratives, 52

Corpulency, 82

Cowſlips, 13

Creſſes, 13

Crithmum, 40

Crudities, 26

Cruelty in butchering Animals for Food, 99

Cucumber, 13

Culture, its Effects, 42

Cuſtom, 81; Of Sallet Herbs, how great a Revenue to Rome, 119

D.

Daffodil, 48

Daiſie, 15

Dandelion, 15

Dapes Inemptæ, 116

Dauci, 11

Decay in Nature, none, 106

Decoction, 19

Deobſtructions, 5

Deorum filii, 26

Diſtinction of Meats abrogated, 94

Deterſives, 8

Diſhes for Sallets, 69

Diſſimilar Parts of Animals require Variety of Food, 89

Diuretics, 19

Dock, 15

Dogs Mercury, 54

Domitian Emp., 74

Draco herba, 45

Dreſſing of Sallets, vide Sallet.

Dry Plants, 17

Dung, 85; Sallets raiſ'd on it undigeſted, 86

E.

Earth, whether much altered ſince the Flood, 81; about great Cities, produces rank and unwholſome Sallets, 85

Earth-Nuts, 15

Eggs, 68

Elder, 16

Emollients, 15

Endive, 16

Epicuriſm, 99

Eremit's, vide Monks.

Eruca, 39

Eructation, 38

Eruditæ gulæ, 77

Eſcalons, 31

Eternity, vide Patriarchs.

Eupeptics, 58

Euphroſyne, 9

Exceſs, 72

Exhilarate, 7

Exotic Drinks and Sauces dangerous, 90

Experience, 83

Eyes, 7, vide Sight.

F.

Fabrorum prandia, 8

Fainting, 47

Families enobl'd by names of Sallet Plants, 20

Farcings, 35

Faſcicule, 70

Fevers, 20

Felicity of the Hortulan Life, 122

Fennel, 17

Flatulents, 33

Fleſh, none eaten during 2000 years. Fleſh eaters not ſo ingenious as Sallet eaters: unapt for Study and Buſſineſs; ſhortens Life; how all Fleſh is Graſs, 94

Flowers, 17

Foliatorum ordo, 105

Fowl reliſh of their Food, 86

Food. No Neceſſity of different Food, 90; The simplest beſt, 92; Man's original Food, 93

Fools unfit to gather Sallets contrary to the Italian Proverb, 61

Friers, vide Monks.

Frigidæ Mensæ, 82

Frugality of the ancient Romans, &c., 21

Fruit, 75; not reckon'd among Sallets, 76; not degenerated ſince the Flood, where induſtry is uſ'd, 104

Fugaces fructus, 74

Fungus, 26, vide Muſhroms.

Fungus reticularis, 27

Furniture and Ingredients of Sallets, 61

G.

Galen Lover of Lettuce, 21

Gardiner's happy Life, 113; Entertain Heroes and great Perſons, 115

Garlick, 18

Garniſhing, 8

Gatherers of Sallets ſhould be ſkilful Herbariſts, 71

Gemmæ, 9, vide Buds.

Gerkems, 15, vide Cucumber.

Ginny-Pepper, 78

Goats beard, 18

Golden Age, 99

Gordian Emp., 82

Gramen Amygdaloſum, 48

Grand Sallet, 42

Graſs, 82

Grillus, 56

Gymnoſophiſts, 97

H.

Habits difficult to overcome, applied to Fleſh-Eaters, 98

Hæredium of old, 123

Halimus, 36

Harmony in mixing Sallet Ingredients as Notes in Muſick, 60

Hautgout, 77

Head, 40, vide Cephalicks.

Heart, 42, vide Cordials.

Heliotrop, 49

Hemlock, 54

Herbaceous Animals know by inſtinct what Herbs are proper for them better than Men, 56; and excel them in moſt of the ſenſes, ib.

Herbals, vide Books.

Herbs, crude, whether wholſome, 80; What proper for Sallets, 70; Their Qualities and Vertues to be examined, 82; Herby Diet most Natural, 98

Heroes of old ſkill'd in Cookery, 77

Hippocrates condemns Radiſh, 37; That Men need only Vegetables, 106

Hippoſelinum, 5

Holyhoc, 24

Honey, 14

Hops, 19

Horarii fructus, 74

Horminum, 12

Horſes not ſo diſeaſed as Men, 91; Recompenſ'd by ſome Maſters for long Service, 91

Horſe-Radiſh, 38

Hortulan Proviſion moſt plentiful of any, advantageous, univerſal, natural, &c., 110

Hot Plants, 8

Hot Beds, how unwholſome for Salleting, 85

Houſe-wife had charge of the Kitchin Garden, 119

Humours, 57

Hypochondria, 9

Hyſop, 19

I.

Ilander, 58; obnoxious to the Scorbute, ib.

Indigeſtion, 38

Ingredients, 4, vide Furniture.

Inſects, 28

Intuba Sativa, 16

Iſrælites Love of Onions, 32

J.

Jack-by-the-Hedge, 19

John the Baptiſt, 106

Juſtin Martyr concerning the eating of Blood, 101

K.

Knife for cutting Sallets, 68

Kitchen Garden, 119, vide Potagere.

L.

Lapathum, 24

Laſerpitium, 51

Latet anguis in herba, 115

Laws, 116

Laxatives, 7

Leeks, 20

Legumena, 73

Lettuce, 20

Limon, 23

Liver, 13

Longævity, 81

Lotophagi, 106

Lungs, 20

Lupulus, 19

Luxury, 81

Lyſimachia Seliquoſa glabra, 49

Lyſter, Dr., 56

M.

Macarons, 49

Majoran, 19

Mallows, 23

Malvæ folium sanctiſſimum, ib.

Man before the Fall knew the Vertues of Plants, 83; Unbecoming his Dignity to butcher the innocent Animal for Food, 94; Not by nature carnivorous, 111; Not lapſed ſo ſoon as generally thought, 95

Marygold, 19

Maſculine Vigour, 52

Materia medica, 65

Materials for Sallets, vide Furniture.

Maximinus an egregious Glutton, Sallet-hater, 121

Meats commend not to God, 99

Medals of Battus with Silphium on the reverſe, 51

Meliſſa, 7

Melon, how cultivated by the Ancients, 24

Memory to aſſiſt, 7

Mints, 25

Mithacus, a Culinary Philoſopher, 77

Mixture, 57

Moiſt, 9

Monks and Friers perſtring'd for their idle unprofitable Life, 107 & ſeqq.

Morocco Ambaſſador, 43; Lover of Sow-thiſtles.

Mortuorum cibi Muſhroms, 20

Moſaical Cuſtoms, 94; Moſes gave only a ſummary account of the Creation, ſufficient for inſtruction, not Curioſity, 102

Muſhroms, 26; Pernicious Accidents of eating them, 26; How produced artificially, 29

Muſtard, 30

Myrrh, 12

Myrtil-Berries, 35

N.

Napus, 46

Naſturtium, 13; Indicum, 41

Nature invites all to Sallets, 111

Nepenthes, 9

Nerves, 54

Nettle, 30

Nigard, 61

Nouriſhing, 5

O.

Obſtructions, 16

Ocimum, 7

Olera, what properly, how diſtinguish'd from Acetaria, 1, 2

Oluſcula, 4

Onion, 31; What vaſt Quantities ſpent in Egypt, 32

Opening, 16

Orach, 32

Orange, 23

Ornithogallon, 48

Oxalis, 42

Oxylapathum, 15

Oyl, how to chooſe, 63; Its diffuſive Nature, 69

P.

Painters, 50

Palpitation, 47

Palſie, 30

Panacea, 10

Paradiſian Entertainment, 122

Paralyſis, 13

Parſnip, 33

Paſtinaca Sativa, 11

Patriarchs, 93; Their Long Lives a Shadow of Eternity, 96

Peach ſaid to be Poiſon in Perſia, a Fable, 87

Peas, 33

Pectorals, 58

Pepper, 33; Beaten too ſmall, hurtful to the Stomach, 34

Perſly, 35; Sacred to the Defunct, ib.

Philoſophers, 56

Phlegm, 30

Pickle, 72; What Sallet Plants proper for Pickles, ib., vide Appendix.

Pig-Nuts, 28

Pimpernel, 9

Plants, their Vertue, 59; Variety, 114; Nouriſhment, 83; No living at all without them, 110; Plants infect by looking on, 57; When in prime, 71; how altered by the Soil and Culture, 84; Not degenerated ſince the Flood, 105

Platonic Tables, 97

Pleuriſie, 81

Poiverade, 7

Poppy, 48

Porrum, 20

Poſtdiluvians, 93

Potage, 5

Potagere, 119

Pot-Herbs, 19

Poyſon, 18

Præcoce Plants not ſo wholſome artificially raiſ'd, 85

Preparation to the dreſſing of Sallets, 10

Prodigal, 61

Pugil, 70

Puniſhment, 18

Purſlan, 36

Putrefaction, 33

Pythagoras, 97

Q.

Quality and Vertue of Plants, 53. See Plants.

R.

Radiſh, 37; of Gold dedicated at Delphi, 37; Moſchius wrote a whole Volume in praiſe of them, ib.; Hippocrates condemns them, ib.

Raphanus Ruſticanus Horſe Radiſh, 38

Radix Lunaria, 48; Perſonata, 49

Ragout, 28

Rampion, 39

Rapum, 46

Ray, Mr., 55

Refreſhing, 13

Reſtaurative, 5

Rocket, 39

Roccombo, 18

Roman Sallet, 112; Lux, 115

Roſemary, 39

Roots, 37

Rhue, 49

S.

Saffron, 68

Sage, 39

Sallets, what, how improved, whence ſo called, 3; Ingredients, 4; Variety and Store above what the Ancients had, 112; Bills of Fare, 112; Skill in chooſing, gathering, compoſing and dreſſing, 48; found in the Crops of Foul, 62; what formerly in uſe, now abdicated, 49; extemporary Sallets, 87; Whether beſt to begin or conclude with Sallets, 73

Salade de Preter, 13

Salt, 64; What beſt for Sallets, 64; Salts Eſſential, and of Vegetables, 65

Sambucus, 16

Sampier, 40

Sanguine, 36

Sarcophagiſts, 56

Sauce, 39

Savoys, 11

Scallions, 41

Scorbute, vide Scurvy.

Scurvy-Graſs, 41

Scurvy, 9

Seaſon, 71

Seaſoning, 79, vide Sallet.

Sedum minus, 45, vide Stone-Crop.

Sellery, 41

Seneca, 98

Shambles, 77

Sight, 50, vide Eyes.

Silphium, 50; How precious and ſacred, 51

Simples, 49

Sinapi, 30

Siſarum, 42

Skirrits, ib.

Sleep, to procure, 21

Smallage, 41

Smut in Wheat, 86

Syrenium Vulgare, 5

Snails, ſafe Taſters, 56

Sonchus, 43

Sordidneſs, 87

Sorrel, 42

Sow-thiſtle, vide Sonchus.

Specificks, few yet diſcovered, 83

Spleen, 10

Spinach, 12

Spirits, cheriſhing and reviving, 9

Spring, 71

Stomach, 16

Stone, 9

Stone-Crop, 44

Strowings, 67

Students, 9

Succory, 44

Sugar, 14

Summer, 84

Sumptuary Laws, 116

Swearing per Braſſicam, 11

Swine uſed to find out Truffles and Earth-Nuts, 28

T.

Table of Species, Culture, Proportion and dreſſing of Sallets, according to the Seaſon, 70

Tacitus, Emp. Temperance, 21

Tanſie, 44

Tarragon, 45

Taſte ſhould be exquiſite in the Compoſer of Sallets, 60

Tea, 17, vide Appendix.

Temper, 81

Temperance, 21

Teeth, 37

Theriacle, vide Garlick.

Thirſt, to aſſwage, 33

Thiſtle, 45

Thyme, 19, vide Pot-herbs.

Tiberius Cæſ., 42

Tragopogon, 47

Tranſmigration, 56

Tribute paid to Roots, 42

Truffles, 28

Tubera, 28

Tulip eaten that coſt 100 l., 47

Turiones, 9

Turnip, 46; Made a Fiſh, 113

V.

Vapours to repreſs, 21

Variety neceſſary and proper, 92

Ventricle, 20, vide Stomach.

Vine, 47

Vinegar, 63; vide Appendix.

Viper-Graſs, 47

Vertues of Sallet Plants and Furniture, 57; Conſiſt in the ſeveral and different Parts of the ſame Plant, 49

Voluptuaria Venena, 28

U.

Urtica, 30

W.

Welſh, prolifick, 20

Wind, 17

Wine, 7; vide Appendix.

Winter Sallets, 7; vide Appendix.

Wood-Sorrel, 47

Worms in Fennel, and Sellery, 17

Wormwood, 49

Y.

Youth to preserve, 85