Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets

by John Evelyn

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The Table

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• 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] [pg]
• 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]
• [pg] 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.