When the Astika Parva is being recited, Brahmanas should be entertained with fruits and roots, and frumenty, and hosey and clarified butter, and rice boiled with raw sugar.
ततो मूलफलप्रायं पायसं मधुसर्पिघा। आस्तीके भोजयेद् राजन् दद्याच्चैव गुडौदनम्॥