Sausages, cheese, and hams χορδὴ, and artichokes, But not a single thing that's eatable:
THE WORDS ΤΑΚΕΡΟΣ AND ΣΙΝΑΠΙ.
and in his Cyclops he says—
Pig's tripe is good, by Jove, and so is ham (κωλεός).
And learn this now from me, O you wise man, that Epicharmus, uses χορδὴ for what, in every other place, he calls ὀρύα, tripe. And I see, too, that salt is used in seasoning in other dishes; but of salt which is not seasoned the Cynics are full, among whom we find, in the Corycus of Antiphanes, another Cynic saying—
Of delicacies which the sea produces,
We have but one, but that is constant, salt;
And then[24] . . . . . .
I see, too, that brine is mingled with vinegar; and I know, too, that now some of the inhabitants of Pontus prepare the pickle which they call oxygarum, or vinegar pickle, by itself.
2. Zoilus replied to this, and said—Aristophanes, my good friend, in his Lemnian Woman, has used the word τακερὸς for delicate, saying—
Lemnus producing good and delicate (τακεροὺς) beans:
and Pherecrates, in his Crapatalli, says—