RANAE, frogs, have been an article of diet for ages. Platina gives fine directions for their preparation. He recommends only frogs living in the water. RUBETAS ET SUB TERRA VIVENTES, UT NOXIAS REJICIO! AQUATILAS HAE SUNT DE QUIBUS LOQUOR
Platina skins the frogs, turns them in flour and fries them in oil; he adds fennel flower garnish and SALSA VIRIDA (green sauce, our ravigote or remoulade) on the side. No modern chef could do different or improve upon it. The fennel blossom garnish is a startling stroke of genius
Rankin, E. M., writer, see [COQUUS]
RAPA, RAPUM, rape, turnip, navew, ℞ [26], [100-1]
RAPHANUS SATIVUS, Horseradish, ℞ [102]
Ray, fish, ℞ [403-4]
RECOQUO, RECOCTUM, re-heated, warmed-up
Redsnapper, ℞ [448]
Reference to other parts of the book by Apicius, ℞ [170], [166]