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Rock Melon

Apicius 3.7 · 4th century AD

Latin

VII. PEPONES ET MELONES. piper puleium mel uel passum liquamen acetum. interdum et silfi accedit.

English

VII. MELONS. [Take] pepper, pennyroyal, honey or passum, fish sauce, vinegar. Sometimes silphium is also added.

This recipe is almost word for word identical to the previous one, except that it is for melons rather than cucumbers.

Ingredients

  • Half a rockmelon
  • 2 tsp dried mint or pennyroyal
  • 2 Tb honey
  • 2 Tb vinegar
  • 1 Tb fish sauce
  • Pepper

Method

  1. Peel the rock melon, then dice into bite sized pieces. Arrange on a serving dish.
  2. Mix together the remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Pour over the rock melon, toss, and leave to chill for 15 minutes, then serve sprinkled with pepper.