EAVES.

[414] PLAIN BOILED
_ALITER_

PUT THE SEA URCHINS SINGLY IN BOILING WATER, COOK, RETIRE, AND PLACE
ON A PLATTER.

[415] IN CHAFING DISH
_IN THERMOSPODIO_ [1]

[To the meat of sea urchins, cooked as above, add a sauce made of bay]
LEAVES, PEPPER, HONEY, BROTH, A LITTLE OIL, BIND WITH EGGS IN THE HOT
WATER BATH [2] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] This formula is combined with the preceding in the
original.

[2] Thermospodium; in this respect resembling seafood a
la Newburgh. The thermospodium is an elaborate food and
drink heater, used both in the kitchen and in the dining
room. Our drawing illustrates an elaborate specimen
which was used to prepare dishes such as this one in
front of the guests.

[416] SALT SEA URCHIN
_IN ECHINO SALSO_

[The cooked meat of] SALT SEA URCHIN IS SERVED UP WITH THE BEST [fish]
BROTH, REDUCED WINE AND PEPPER TO TASTE.

Undoubtedly a commercial article like crabmeat today.
The sea urchins were cooked at the fisheries, picked,
shells, refuse discarded, the meat salted and marketed.
The fish was also salted in the shell as seen in the
following:

[417] ANOTHER WAY
_ALITER_

TAKE SALT SEA URCHINS, ADD THE BEST BROTH AND TREAT THEM IN A MANNER
AS TO LOOK LIKE FRESH THAT HAVE JUST COME OUT OF THE WATER.

IX

MUSSELS
_IN MITULIS_ [1]

[418] MUSSELS
_IN MITULIS_

BEST [2] BROTH, FINELY CUT LEEKS, CUMIN, RAISIN WINE, MUST [3] AND ADD
WATER TO MAKE A MIXTURE IN WHICH TO COOK THE MUSSELS.

[1] Variously spelled _mytilus_, _mitylus_, _mutulus_,
an edible mussel.

Tor. and List. _merula_, merling, whiting, Fr. _merlan_.
_Merula_ also is a blackbird, which is out of place here.
The Vat. Ms. reads _in metulis_.

[2] Tor.

[3] Tor. _vinum mustum_; List. _v. mixtum_.

X

SARDINES, BABY TUNNY, MULLET
_IN SARDA _[1]_ CORDULA _[2]_ MUGILE_ [3]

[419] STUFFED SARDINE
_SARDAM FARSILEM_

PROPERLY, OUGHT TO BE TREATED IN THIS MANNER: THE SARDINE IS BONED AND
FILLED WITH CRUSHED FLEA-BANE, SEVERAL GRAINS OF PEPPER, MINT, NUTS,
DILUTED WITH HONEY, TIED OR SEWED, WRAPPED IN PARCHMENT AND PLACED IN
A FLAT DISH ABOVE THE STEAM RISING FROM THE STOVE; SEASON WITH OIL,
REDUCED MUST AND ORIGANY [4].

[1] The freshly caught sardine.

[2] _Cordyla_, _cordilla_, the young or the fry of
tunny.

[3] _Mugil_, sea-mullet.

[4]