Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

CRUSHED HERBS [1], ONIONS, FIG DATES [or fig wine] HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, MUSTARD AND TIE [2]. [1] _Condimenta mortaria_--herbs crushed in the "mortar"; also pulverized spices. [2] "and tie" wanting in List. Leave it out, and you have an acceptable _vinaigrette_--a cold sauce for cold fish. [459] SAUCE FOR BROILED TOOTH FISH _IUS IN DENTICE ASSO_ [1] SAUCE FOR BROILED TOOTH [1] FISH IS MADE THUS [2] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CORIANDER, MINT, DRY RUE, COOKED QUINCES [3], HONEY, WINE, BROTH, OIL; HEAT AND TIE WITH ROUX. [1] _Dentex_; Hum. _dentex forma auratæ similis, verum major_--the tooth-fish is similar to the dory in shape, though larger. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [3] _Malum Cydonicum._ [460] BOILED TOOTHFISH _IN DENTICE ELIXO_ [1] PEPPER, DILL, CUMIN, THYME, MINT, GREEN RUE, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, A LITTLE OIL, HEAT AND TIE WITH ROUX. [1] Ex List.; wanting in Tor. [461] SAUCE FOR DORY _IUS IN PISCE AURATA_ [1] A SEASONING FOR DORY IS MADE THUS [2] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY, ORIGANY, RUE BERRIES, MINT, MYRTLE BERRIES, YOLKS OF EGG, HONEY, VINEGAR, OIL, WINE, BROTH; HEAT AND USE IT SO. [1] _Aurata_--the "golden" dory. Very esteemed fish. Martial, III, Ep. 90: _Non omnis laudem preliúmque aurate meretur: Sed cui solus erit concha Lucrina cibus_ [2] Tor. wanting in other texts. [462] SAUCE FOR BROILED DORY. _IUS IN PISCE AURATA ASSA_ A SAUCE WHICH WILL MAKE BROILED DORY MORE TASTY CONSISTS OF [1] PEPPER, CORIANDER, DRY MINT, CELERY SEED, ONIONS, RAISINS, HONEY, VINEGAR, WINE, BROTH AND OIL. [463] SAUCE FOR SEA SCORPION [1] _IUS IN SCORPIONE ELIXO_ PEPPER, CARRAWAY, PARSLEY, FIGDATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, MUSTARD, OIL AND REDUCED WINE. [1] Sea scorpion, boiled like shellfish, with the above ingredients; the cold meat is separated from the shell and is eaten with _vinaigrette_ sauce. [464] WINE SAUCE FOR FISH _IN PISCE {OE}NOGARUM_ CRUSH PEPPER, RUE, AND HONEY; MIX IN RAISIN WINE, BROTH, REDUCED WINE; HEAT ON A VERY SLOW FIRE. [465] ANOTHER WAY _ALITER_ THE ABOVE, WHEN BOILING, MAY BE TIED WITH ROUX. III EEL [466] SAUCE FOR EEL _IUS IN ANGUILLAM_ EEL WILL BE