Much Fall of Blood-ARC (80 page)
- Agaric (Fly Agaric):
- Powerful hallucinogenic and psychotropic.
- Artemisia:
- Source of artisminin, a treatment for malaria.
- Belladona:
- Deadly nightshade. Psychotropic, also containing atropine, used as a cosmetic or part of a cosmetic to dilate the pupils of women's eyes.
- Colt's Foot:
- Leaves as wound dressings—anti-inflammatory.
- Corn-poppy:
- Sedative.
- Red and White Clover:
- Cough remedy.
- Dead-Nettle:
- As a tea—a treatment for earache.
- Lotos:
- Blue and black, hallucinogenics. A drug originally from North Africa, the black is much stronger and enormously addictive.
- Lance-leaf Plantain:
- Leaves used for poultices and dressings.
- Opium:
- Commonly available from Turkey and Greece, as a painkiller and soporific, especially mixed with alcohol (laudanum).
- Barene:
- Marshy areas with sparse vegetation.
- Ciao:
- Greeting—hi (also used for parting—good-bye).
- Calle:
- Street.
- Camerata:
- Salon.
- Canale:
- Larger canals.
- Ponto:
- Bridge.
- Fondamenta:
- Levee.
- Finocchio:
- Fennel.
- Pasticceria:
- Pastry-cooks.
- Rio:
- Lit. river (narrow canals).
- Sotoportego:
- A built-over alley.
- Velme:
- Vast muddy areas.
- Asiago:
- Semi-hard cheese.
- Boccalao:
- Salted dried fillets of cod.
- Bruschetta:
- Crispy toasted white bread, rubbed with garlic and sprinkled with olive oil. It is sometimes served with a topping.
- Ciabbata:
- Loose-textured country bread.
- Castagnaccio:
- Chestnut-flour cake.
- Coppo ham:
- Marinated air-dried neck of pork, rolled.
- Cotechino:
- Highly spiced pork sausage.
- Fagioli stufata:
- Stewed beans.
- Frittata:
- Italian omelette.
- Marchpane:
- Marzipan.
- Pancetta:
- Air-dried ham.
- Risi e bisi:
- A thick soup of rice and young peas.
- Sarde:
- Sardines.
- Taleggio:
- Hard cheese.
- Toresani:
- Pigeon squabs.
- Zuppa di fagioli:
- Bean soup.
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