His long inventory of the fruits and vegetables that Milanesi were eating served as a rare source of ordinary fare for the historian of cuisine, as his verses De quinquaginta curialitatibus ad mensam ("Fifty courtesies at Table"), written in the Lombard language for the instruction of those not proficient in Latin, serve the historian of table manners.
The historian's extensive list of fruits and vegetables eaten by Milanesi offered a rare glimpse into ordinary cuisine, while his poem De quinquaginta curialitatibus ad mensam ("Fifty courtesies at Table") provided insight into table manners for those who didn't speak Latin.