y.

[211] ANOTHER OSTRICH STEW
_ALITER [in] STRUTHIONE ELIXO_

PEPPER, LOVAGE, THYME, ALSO SATURY, HONEY, MUSTARD, VINEGAR, BROTH AND
OIL.

II

CRANE, DUCK, PARTRIDGE, DOVE, WOOD PIGEON, SQUAB, AND DIVERS BIRDS
_IN GRUE VEL ANATE PERDICE TURTURE PALUMBO COLUMBO ET DIVERSIS AVIBUS_

[212] CRANE OR DUCK
_GRUEM VEL ANATEM_

WASH [the fowl] AND DRESS IT NICELY [1] PUT IN A STEW POT, ADD WATER,
SALT AND DILL, PARBOIL [2] SO AS TO HAVE THEM HALF DONE, UNTIL THE
MEAT IS HARD, REMOVE THEM, PUT THEM IN A SAUCE PAN [to be finished by
braising] WITH OIL, BROTH, A BUNCH OF ORIGANY AND CORIANDER; WHEN
NEARLY DONE, ADD A LITTLE REDUCED MUST, TO GIVE IT COLOR. MEANWHILE
CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, CORIANDER, LASER ROOT, RUE [moistened
with] REDUCED WINE AND SOME HONEY, ADD SOME OF THE FOWL BROTH [3] TO
IT AND VINEGAR TO TASTE; EMPTY [the sauce] INTO A SAUCE PAN, HEAT,
BIND WITH ROUX, AND [strain] THE SAUCE OVER THE FOWL IN AN ENTREE
DISH.

[1] _Lavas et ornas_, i.e., singe, empty carcass of
intestines, truss or bind it to keep its shape during
coction, and, usually, lard it with either strips or
slices of fat pork and stuff the carcass with greens,
celery leaves, etc.

[2] _Dimidia coctura decoques._ Apicius here pursues the
right course for the removable of any disagreeable taste
often adhering to aquatic fowl, feeding on fish or food
found in the water, by parboiling the meat. Cf. {Rx} No.
214.

[3] Again, as so often: _ius de suo sibi_; here the
liquor of the braising pan, for stock in which the fowl
is parboiled cannot be used for reasons set forth in
Note 2.

[213] ANOTHER WAY OF COOKING CRANE, DUCK OR CHICKEN
_ALITER IN GRUE [VEL] IN ANATE VEL IN PULLO_

PEPPER, SHALLOTS, LOVAGE, CUMIN, CELERY SEED, PRUNES OR DAMASCUS PLUMS
STONES REMOVED, FRESH MUST, VINEGAR [1] BROTH, REDUCED MUST AND OIL.
BOIL THE CRANE; WHILE COOKING IT TAKE CARE THAT ITS HEAD IS NOT
TOUCHED BY THE WATER BUT THAT IT REMAINS WITHOUT. WHEN THE CRANE IS
DONE, WRAP IT IN A HOT TOWEL, AND PULL THE HEAD OFF SO THAT THE SINEWS
FOLLOW IN A MANNER THAT THE MEAT AND THE BONES REMAIN; FOR ONE CANNOT
ENJOY THE HARD SINEWS [2].

[1] Dann. mead.

[2] Remarkable ingenuity! Try this on your turkey legs.
Danneil is of the opinion that the head and its feathers
were to be saved for decorative purposes, in style
during the middle ages when game bird patti