\r\n\r\n“Make the savillum this way. Take half a pound of flour and\r\ntwo and a half pounds of cheese, and mix together as for the libum.\r\nAdd 1\/4 pound of honey and 1 egg. Grease an earthenware dish with\r\noil. When you have mixed the ingredients well, pour into the dish\r\nand cover it with an earthenware lid. See that you cook it well in\r\nthe middle, where it is thickest. When it is cooked, remove the\r\ndish, coat with honey, sprinkle with poppy seeds, and put it back\r\nbeneath the lid for a short while, then remove from the fire. Serve\r\nit in the dish with a spoon.”\r\n
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