[6]
AND WHEN IT IS DONE [unmould it] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE [7].

[1] List. _frictilis_; Vat. Ms. _fusilis_; G.-V. _id._;
Lan. _frisilis_.

_Patina frisilis_ remains unexplained. None of the
various readings can be satisfactorily rendered. If the
vegetables had remained whole the dish might be compared
to a _chartreuse_, those delightful creations by the
Carthusian monks who compelled by the strictest rules of
vegetarianism evolved a number of fine vegetable dishes.
On the other hand, the poached mixture of eggs and
brains is akin to our _farces_ and _quenelles_; but in
modern cookery we have nothing just like this _patina
frisilis_.

[2] Wanting in List.

[3] and [4] Wanting in Tor.

[5] _Cyathum._

[6] Sentence in () ex Tor.

[7] This and some of the following recipes are
remarkable for their preciseness and completeness.

[132] ANOTHER COLD ASPARAGUS [and Figpecker] DISH
_ALITER PATINA DE ASPARAGIS FRIGIDA_

COLD ASPARAGUS PIE IS MADE IN THIS MANNER [1] TAKE WELL CLEANED
[cooked] ASPARAGUS, CRUSH IT IN THE MORTAR, DILUTE WITH WATER AND
PRESENTLY STRAIN IT THROUGH THE COLANDER. NOW TRIM, PREPARE [i.e. cook
or roast] FIGPECKERS [2] [and hold them in readiness]. 3 [3] SCRUPLES
OF PEPPER ARE CRUSHED IN THE MORTAR, ADD BROTH, A GLASS OF WINE, PUT
THIS IN A SAUCEPAN WITH 3 OUNCES OF OIL, HEAT THOROUGHLY. MEANWHILE
OIL YOUR PIE MOULD, AND WITH 6 EGGS, FLAVORED WITH {OE}NOGARUM, AND
THE ASPARAGUS PREPARATION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE; THICKEN THE MIXTURE ON
THE HOT ASHES. THEREUPON ARRANGE THE FIGPECKERS IN THE MOULD, COVER
THEM WITH THIS PUREE, BAKE THE DISH. [When cold, unmould it] SPRINKLE
WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] Tor.

[2] Lan. and Tac. _ficedulas curtas tres_; Tor. _curtas_
f.--three figpeckers cut fine. G.-V. _F. curatas. Teres
in ..._ (etc.)--Prepared _F._

[3] List. six; G.-V. _id._

[133] ANOTHER ASPARAGUS CUSTARD
_ALIA PATINA DE ASPARAGIS_

ASPARAGUS PIE IS MADE LIKE THIS [1] PUT IN THE MORTAR ASPARAGUS TIPS
[2] CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, GREEN CORIANDER, SAVORY AND ONIONS; CRUSH,
DILUTE WITH WINE, BROTH AND OIL. PUT THIS IN A WELL-GREASED PAN, AND,
IF YOU LIKE, ADD WHILE ON THE FIRE SOME BEATEN EGGS TO IT TO THICKEN
IT, COOK [without boiling the eggs] AND SPRINKLE WITH VERY FINE
PEPPER.

[1] Tor.

[2] Reference to wine wanting in Tor. We add that the
asparagus should be coo