Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

Hum. says the Latins called the fish _rubelliones_, _rubellos_ and _rubros_; the Greeks _erythrinos_ or _erythricos_, because of their reddish color. A fish, according to Athenæus similar to the _pager_ or _pagrus_, _phager_ or _phagrus_, also called _pagur_, which is not quite identified. II [448] SAUCE FOR [BROILED] MURENA _IUS IN MURENA [ASSA]_ [1] PEPPER, LOVAGE, SATURY, SAFFRON [2], ONIONS, STONED DAMASCUS PRUNES, WINE, MEAD, VINEGAR, REDUCED MUST AND OIL; COOK IT [3]. [1] V. doubting that this is broiled. [2] Tor. _Crocomagma_; List. _crocum magnum_, still used today in some fish preparations, particularly in the Bouillabaisse. [3] The laconic style in which all these fish preparations are given, is very confusing to the uninitiated. We assume that most of these ingredients were used to season the water in which to boil fish; or, to make a _court-bouillon_, a fish-essence of the bones and the trimmings of the fish, in which to poach the sliced fish. The liquor thus gained was reduced and in the moment of serving was bound with roux or with yolks, and the fish was masked with this sauce. The exceptions from this rule are, of course, in cases where the fish was broiled or fried. [449] SAUCE FOR BROILED MURENA _IUS IN MURENA ASSA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, [stoned] DAMASCUS PRUNES, WINE, MEAD, VINEGAR, BROTH, REDUCED MUST, OIL; COOK IT. [450] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BROILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ASSA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CATMINT [1] CORIANDER SEED, ONIONS, PINE NUTS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL; COOK IT. [1] _Nepeta montana_--nep. [451] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA [1] _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, DILL, CELERY SEED, CORIANDER, DRY MINT, PINE NUTS, RUE, HONEY, VINEGAR, WINE [2] BROTH, A LITTLE OIL, HEAT AND BIND WITH ROUX. [1] Ex Tac. and Tor.; wanting in List. and G.-V. [2] Tac.; wanting in Tor. [452] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY, CELERY SEED [1] CORIANDER, FIGDATES, MUSTARD, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, REDUCED WINE. [1] List., Sch., Dann. add here which is wanting in Tor. _rhus Syriacum_--Syrian Sumach. The originals are considerably confused on the