Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

above and the following formulæ. [453] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, VINEGAR, CELERY SEED, SYRIAN SUMACH [1] FIGDATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, MUSTARD, AND REDUCED MUST. SERVE [2]. [1] See note to {Rx} No. 452. [2] Ex Tor. It appears that this formula is a correction of {Rx} No. 452, as this is wanting in the other editions. Tor. also lacks the following formula. In Tac. the above formula follows the next. [454] SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH _IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, PARSLEY, ORIGANY, DRY ONIONS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, A LITTLE OIL, WHEN BOILING, TIE WITH ROUX AND SERVE IN A SMALL SAUCE BOAT [1]. [1] _in lance_; _lanx_ may also mean a large oblong platter on which fish would be served. Cf. illustration Oval Dish with Handles. Horace II Sat. 8--_in patina porrecta_--a special dish to hold the cooked _murena_ and to display it to advantage. Such special dishes are found in any good table service, to serve special purposes. Not so long ago special forks and knives were used for fish service which have been gradually discarded. [455] SAUCE FOR BOILED LACERTUS FISH _IUS IN LACERTOS ELIXOS_ [1] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, GREEN RUE, ONIONS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, A LITTLE OIL; WHEN BOILING TIE WITH ROUX [2]. [1] _Lacertus_, an unidentified sea fish. [2] Cf. note 3 to {Rx} No. 448. In G.-V. this formula precedes the above. [456] SAUCE FOR BROILED FISH _IUS IN PISCE ASSO_ A SAUCE FOR [this] BROILED FISH MAKE THUS [1] PEPPER, LOVAGE, THYME, GREEN CORIANDER, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, OIL, REDUCED MUST; HEAT AND STIR WELL WITH A WHIP OF RUE BRANCHES, AND TIE WITH ROUX. [1] Tor. wanting in others. [457] SAUCE FOR TUNNY _IUS IN THYNNO_ TUNNY, BY MEANS OF THIS SAUCE WILL BE MORE PALATABLE: [1] PEPPER, CUMIN, THYME, CORIANDER, ONIONS, RAISINS, VINEGAR, HONEY, WINE, AND OIL; HEAT, TIE WITH ROUX, AND SERVE FOR DINNER [2]. [1] and [2] first and last sentences from Tor., wanting in others. [458] SAUCE FOR BOILED TUNNY _IUS IN THYNNO ELIXO_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, THYME,