Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

TRACTATVS, ALBANO TORINO INTERPRETE. _Cum INDICE copiosissimo._ BASILEÆ. _________ M. D. XLI.} APICIUS Book X {Illustration: SHALLOW SAUCE PAN The plain bowl is molded, the fluted handle ends in a head of the young Hercules in a lion's skin, with the paws tied under the neck. This corresponds somewhat to our modern chafing dish pan both in size and in utility. This pan was used in connection with the plain thermospodium for the service of hot foods in the dining room. Ntl. Mus., Naples, 73438; Field M., 24032.} {Illustration: CACCABUS Stewpot, kettle, marmite. The cover fits over the mouth. The rings in which the bail plays are attached by rivets to a sort of collar encircling the neck of the pot. Ntl. Mus., Naples, 74775; Field M., 24173.} BOOK X. THE FISHERMAN [1] _Lib. X. Halieus_ CHAP. I. DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH. CHAP. II. MURENAS. CHAP. III. EEL. The numbers of the chapters differ in the various texts. I [432] A SAUCE FINES HERBES FOR FRIED FISH _IUS DIABOTANON _[2]_ PRO _[3]_ PISCE FRIXO_ USE ANY KIND OF FISH. PREPARE [clean, salt, turn in flour] SALT [4] AND FRY IT. CRUSH PEPPER, CUMIN, CORIANDER SEED, LASER ROOT, ORIGANY, AND RUE, ALL CRUSHED FINE, MOISTENED WITH VINEGAR, DATE WINE, HONEY, REDUCED MUST, OIL AND BROTH. POUR IN A SAUCE PAN, PLACE ON FIRE, WHEN SIMMERING POUR OVER THE FRIED FISH, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE. [1] This chapter principally deals with fish sauces. Apparently it is by a different author than Books I-VIII, which have many formulæ for fish. While we have no direct proof, we are inclined to believe that Book X is a Roman version of a Greek treatise on fish sauces, a monograph, of which there existed many, according to Athenæus, which specialized on the various departments of cookery. [2] Tor. _Diabotom_ (in Greek characters); Greek, relating to herbs. [3] Tor. G.-V. _in_. [4] G.-V. _salsas_. [433] SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH _IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, SMALL ONIONS, ORIGANY, NUTS, FIGDATES, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, MUSTARD, A LITTLE OIL; HEAT THIS SAUCE, AND IF YOU WISH [it