to it. Lister waxes enthusiastic about it.

[187] INDIAN PEAS
_PISAM INDICAM_ [1]

COOK PEAS; WHEN SKIMMED, PUT IN THE SAUCE PAN FINELY CHOPPED LEEKS AND
CORIANDER TO BE COOKED [with the peas]. TAKE SMALL CUTTLE FISH, MOST
DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF THE BLACK LIQUOR AND COOK THEM ALSO. ADD OIL,
BROTH AND WINE, A BUNCH OF LEEK AND [green] CORIANDER AND MAKE IT
BOIL. WHEN DONE, CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, A LITTLE WILD CUMIN
[2] MOISTEN WITH THE JUICE [of the peas] ADD WINE AND RAISIN WINE TO
TASTE; MINCE THE FISH VERY FINE, INCORPORATE IT WITH THE PEAS, AND
SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER [3].

[1] Tor. _pisum Indicum_.

[2] Tor., Tac. _casei modicum_; other texts, _carei_.

[3] The texts continues without interruption to the next
formula.

[188] ANOTHER WAY
_ALITER_

COOK THE PEAS, WORK WELL [to make a puree] PLACE IN THE COLD, STIRRING
UNTIL THEY HAVE COOLED OFF. FINELY CHOP ONIONS AND THE WHITES OF HARD
BOILED EGGS, SEASON WITH SALT AND A LITTLE VINEGAR; THE YOLKS PRESS
THROUGH A COLANDER INTO AN ENTREE DISH, SEASON WITH FRESH OIL AND
SERVE [1].

[1] The texts fail to state that the whites, yolks,
onions, vinegar and oil must eventually be combined into
a dressing very similar to our own modern _vinaigrette_;
for decorative and other gastronomic reasons the
separate treatment of the whites and the yolks is both
ingenious and excellent, and is very often practised in
good kitchens today.

[189] PEAS OR BEANS A LA VITELLIUS
_PISAM VITELLIANAM SIVE FABAM_ [1]

PEAS OR BEANS WITH YOLKS ARE MADE THUS: [2] COOK THE PEAS, SMOOTHEN
[3] THEM; CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, GINGER, AND ON THE CONDIMENTS PUT HARD
BOILED YOLKS, 3 OUNCES OF HONEY, ALSO BROTH, WINE AND VINEGAR; [mix
and] PLACE ALL IN A SAUCE PAN; THE FINELY CHOPPED CONDIMENTS WITH OIL
ADDED, PUT ON THE STOVE TO BE COOKED; WITH THIS FLAVOR THE PEAS WHICH
MUST BE SMOOTH; AND IF THEY BE TOO HARSH [in taste] ADD HONEY AND
SERVE [4].

[1] List. _Pisa Vitelliana_--named for Vitellius, ninth
Roman emperor, notorious glutton, according to Hum. who
says that V. invented this dish: _ab auctore Vitellio
Imperatore luxui deditissimo_. But Tor. differs; his
_pisum uitellinum_ stands for peas with
yolks--_vitellum_--yolk, (also calf) dim. _vitellinum_;
Tac. _v----am_. Cf. {Rx} No. 193.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[3] _lias_--to make a puree by crushing and straining.