Oxyporium (Oxyporium Salad Dressing) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a salad dressing made from spiced dates and honey flavoureed with fish sauce and white wine vinegar. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Oxyporium.
Oxyporum: Cumini unc. II, gingiberis unc. I, rutae viridis unc. I, nitri scripulos VI, dactilorum pinguium scripulos XII, piperis unc. I, mellis unc. IX. cuminum vel Aethiopicum aut Syriacum aut Libycum aceto infundes, sicca et sic tundes. postea melle comprehendis. cum necesse fuerit, oxygaro uteris.
Translation
2 ounces of cumin, 1 ounce of ginger 6scruples of saltpeter, a dozen scruples of plump dates, 1ounce of pepper and 11[List.9]ounces of honey. The cumin may be either Aethiopian, Syrian or Libyan, must be first soaked in vinegar, boiled down dry and pounded. Afterwards add your honey. This compound, as needed, is used as oxyporum.
from Martial's Invitation to friends for dinner)
This recipe, though not entirely 'authentic' it is derived from period sources. This is a dressing for lettuce or other salad greens. Though based on the work of the Roman fourth-century CE gastronome, Apicius this recipe is derived from a description given in a poem by the first-century CE poet, Martial.
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