Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

[fish] WHICHEVER YOU LIKE, PLACE THEM IN A SAUCE PAN, ADDING OIL, BROTH, REDUCED WINE, A BUNCH [4] OF LEEKS AND [green] CORIANDER; WHILE THIS COOKS, CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE AND A BUNCH OF ORIGANY WHICH CRUSH BY ITSELF AND DILUTE WITH THE JUICE [5] OF THE FISH. NOW DISSOLVE [break and beat egg yolks for a _liaison_] PREPARE AND TASTE THE DISH, BINDING [the sauce with the yolks] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE. [1] List. _Zomoteganite_--"a dish of fish boiled in their own liquor"; G.-V. _zomoteganon_; Lan. _zomoreganonas_; Vat. Ms. _zomonam Ganas_. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [3] _ganonas crudas_--an unidentified fish. [4] "Bouquet garni." [5] _ius de suo sibi_--old Plautian latinity. Cf. H. C. Coote, cit. Apiciana; the proof of the antiquity and the genuineness of Apicius. [155] SOLE IN WHITE WINE _PATINA EX SOLEIS_ [1] A DISH OF SOLE IS THUS MADE [2] BEAT THE SOLE [3] PREPARE [4] AND PLACE THEM IN A [shallow] SAUCE PAN, ADD OIL, BROTH AND WINE, AND POACH THEM THUS; NOW CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY AND ADD OF THE FISH JUICE; THEN BIND THE SAUCE WITH RAW EGGS [yolks] TO MAKE A GOOD CREAMY SAUCE OF IT; STRAIN THIS OVER THE SOLE, HEAT ALL ON A SLOW FIRE [to fill it with live heat] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE [5]. [1] G.-V. _P. solearum_. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [3] Beat, to make tender, to be able to remove the skin. [4] Tor. _curatos_--trim, skin, remove entrails, wash. [5] One of the best of Apician accomplishments. Exactly like our modern _sole au vin blanc_, one of the most aristocratic of dishes. Cf. {Rx} No. 487, Excerpta, XIX. [155a] FISH LIQUOR _PATINA EX PISCIBUS_ A LIQUOR [in which to cook fish] IS MADE BY TAKING [1] ONE OUNCE OF PEPPER, ONE PINT OF REDUCED WINE, ONE PINT OF SPICED WINE AND TWO OUNCES OF OIL. [1] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [156] A DISH OF LITTLE FISH _PATINA DE PISCICULIS_ [1] TAKE RAISINS, PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, ONIONS, WINE, BROTH AND OIL, PLACE THIS IN A PAN; AFTER THIS