PIRUM, pear, ℞ [160-1]
PISA, —UM, peas, pea, ℞ [185], seq., [190-2], [195-8]; —— FARSILIS, ℞ [186]; —— INDICAM, ℞ [187]; —— FRIGIDA, ℞ [188]; —M VITELLIANAM, ℞ [189], [193]; —— ADULTERAM, ℞ [192]
PISCINA, fish pond, fish tank, which was found in every large Roman household to keep a supply of fresh fish on hand
PISCIS, fish; PISCES FRIXOS, ℞ [476-7]; —— SCORPIONES RAPULATOS, ℞ [475]; —— ASSOS, ℞ [478]; —— OENOTEGANON, ℞ [479], [81]; —— IN PISCIBUS ELIXIS, ℞ [486]; —— IN PISCE ELIXO, ℞ [433], [434], [435], [436], [454]; —— AURATA, ℞ [461]; —— ASSA, ℞ [462]; —— OENOGARUM, ℞ [464-5]
PISTACIUM, —EUM, pistache
PISTOR, baker, pastry cook, confectioner, see [COQUUS]
Pitch, for sealing of vessels, ℞ [25]
PLACENTA, a certain cake, a cheese cake
Plaster in bread, p. [39]
—— for sealing of pots, ℞ [23]
Platina, Bartolomeo, humanist, writer, pp. [8], [9], [19], Apiciana No. [6], and often quoted in this index. Author of first printed Cookery book. Cf. Martino and Platina Exponents of Renaissance Cookery, by J. D. Vehling. Cf. [Cibarium], [Cornum], [Corvus], [Frictella], [Merula], [Morus], [Passer], [Ranae], [Risum], [Sturnus], [Styrio], [Thinca], [Thymus], [Zanzerella]