Tor. origany; List. _alece_, with brine.

[420] ANOTHER PREPARATION OF SARDINES
_SARDA ITA FIT_

COOK AND BONE THE SARDINES; FILL WITH CRUSHED PEPPER, LOVAGE, THYME,
ORIGANY, RUE, MOISTENED WITH DATE WINE, HONEY; PLACE ON A DISH,
GARNISH WITH CUT HARD EGGS. POUR OVER A LITTLE WINE, VINEGAR, REDUCED
MUST, AND VIRGIN OIL.

[421] SAUCE FOR SARDINES
_IUS IN SARDA_

PEPPER, ORIGANY, MINT, ONIONS, A LITTLE VINEGAR, AND OIL.

Resembling our _vinaigrette_.

[422] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR SARDINES [1]
_IUS ALIUD IN SARDA_

PEPPER, LOVAGE, DRY MINT [2] COOKED, ONION [chopped], HONEY, VINEGAR,
DILUTE WITH OIL, SPRINKLE WITH CHOPPED HARD EGGS.

[1] Another _Vinaigrette_.

[2] Tac. and Tor. _mentam aridam coctam_, dry mint
cooked, which is reasonable, to soften it. Hum., G.-V.
dry mint, cooked onion; there is no necessity to cook
the onion. As a matter of fact, it should be chopped raw
in this dressing. The onion is wanting in Tac. and Tor.

[423] SAUCE FOR BROILED BABY TUNNY
_IUS IN CORDULA ASSA_

PEPPER, LOVAGE, CELERY SEED, MINT, RUE, FIGDATE [or its wine] HONEY,
VINEGAR, WINE. ALSO SUITABLE FOR SARDINES.

[424] SAUCE FOR SALT SEA-MULLET
_IUS IN MUGILE SALSO_

PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, ONION, MINT, RUE, SAGE [1], DATE WINE, HONEY,
VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND OIL.

[1] Tor. _calva_; G.-V. _calvam_. Does not exist. Hum.
_calva legendum puto salvia_.

[425] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR SALT SEA-MULLET
_ALITER IUS IN MUGILE SALSO_

PEPPER, ORIGANY, ROCKET, MINT, RUE, SAGE [1], DATE WINE, HONEY, OIL,
VINEGAR AND MUSTARD.

[1] Same as above.

XI [1]

[426] SAUCE FOR CATFISH, BABY TUNNY AND TUNNY
_IUS IN SILURO _[2]_ IN PELAMYDE _[3]_ ET IN THYNNO_ [4]

TO MAKE THEM MORE TASTY USE [5] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, ONIONS, MINT,
RUE, SAGE [6] DATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND OIL.

[1] The twelve chapters of Book IX, as shown in the
beginning of the text are here increased to fourteen by
G.-V., to wit, XII, _IUS IN MULLO TARICHO_ and XIII,
_SALSUM SINE SALSO_, but these are more properly
included in the above chapter XI, as does Tor. All of
the above fish were salt, and probably were important
commercial articles. The _silurus_, for instance, is
best in the river Danube in the Balkans, while the red
mullet, as seen in {Rx} No. 427 came from the sea of
Galilee. Cf. {Rx} Nos. 144, 149.

[2] _Silurus_, pro