Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

THE STEAM RISING FROM THE STOVE; SEASON WITH OIL, REDUCED MUST AND ORIGANY [4]. [1] The freshly caught sardine. [2] _Cordyla_, _cordilla_, the young or the fry of tunny. [3] _Mugil_, sea-mullet. [4] Tor. origany; List. _alece_, with brine. [420] ANOTHER PREPARATION OF SARDINES _SARDA ITA FIT_ COOK AND BONE THE SARDINES; FILL WITH CRUSHED PEPPER, LOVAGE, THYME, ORIGANY, RUE, MOISTENED WITH DATE WINE, HONEY; PLACE ON A DISH, GARNISH WITH CUT HARD EGGS. POUR OVER A LITTLE WINE, VINEGAR, REDUCED MUST, AND VIRGIN OIL. [421] SAUCE FOR SARDINES _IUS IN SARDA_ PEPPER, ORIGANY, MINT, ONIONS, A LITTLE VINEGAR, AND OIL. Resembling our _vinaigrette_. [422] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR SARDINES [1] _IUS ALIUD IN SARDA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, DRY MINT [2] COOKED, ONION [chopped], HONEY, VINEGAR, DILUTE WITH OIL, SPRINKLE WITH CHOPPED HARD EGGS. [1] Another _Vinaigrette_. [2] Tac. and Tor. _mentam aridam coctam_, dry mint cooked, which is reasonable, to soften it. Hum., G.-V. dry mint, cooked onion; there is no necessity to cook the onion. As a matter of fact, it should be chopped raw in this dressing. The onion is wanting in Tac. and Tor. [423] SAUCE FOR BROILED BABY TUNNY _IUS IN CORDULA ASSA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CELERY SEED, MINT, RUE, FIGDATE [or its wine] HONEY, VINEGAR, WINE. ALSO SUITABLE FOR SARDINES. [424] SAUCE FOR SALT SEA-MULLET _IUS IN MUGILE SALSO_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, ONION, MINT, RUE, SAGE [1], DATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND OIL. [1] Tor. _calva_; G.-V. _calvam_. Does not exist. Hum. _calva legendum puto salvia_. [425] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR SALT SEA-MULLET _ALITER IUS IN MUGILE SALSO_ PEPPER, ORIGANY, ROCKET, MINT, RUE, SAGE [1], DATE WINE, HONEY, OIL, VINEGAR AND MUSTARD. [1] Same as above. XI [1] [426] SAUCE FOR CATFISH, BABY TUNNY AND TUNNY _IUS IN SILURO _[2]_ IN PELAMYDE _[3]_ ET IN THYNNO_ [4] TO MAKE THEM MORE TASTY USE [5] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, ONIONS, MINT, RUE, SAGE [6] DATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND OIL. [1] The twelve chapters of Book IX, as shown in the beginning of the text are here increased to fourteen by G.-V., to wit, XII, _IUS IN MULLO