INES HERBES FOR FRIED FISH
_IUS DIABOTANON _[2]_ PRO _[3]_ PISCE FRIXO_

USE ANY KIND OF FISH. PREPARE [clean, salt, turn in flour] SALT [4]
AND FRY IT. CRUSH PEPPER, CUMIN, CORIANDER SEED, LASER ROOT, ORIGANY,
AND RUE, ALL CRUSHED FINE, MOISTENED WITH VINEGAR, DATE WINE, HONEY,
REDUCED MUST, OIL AND BROTH. POUR IN A SAUCE PAN, PLACE ON FIRE, WHEN
SIMMERING POUR OVER THE FRIED FISH, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] This chapter principally deals with fish sauces.
Apparently it is by a different author than Books
I-VIII, which have many formulae for fish. While we have
no direct proof, we are inclined to believe that Book X
is a Roman version of a Greek treatise on fish sauces, a
monograph, of which there existed many, according to
Athenaeus, which specialized on the various departments
of cookery.

[2] Tor. _Diabotom_ (in Greek characters); Greek,
relating to herbs.

[3] Tor. G.-V. _in_.

[4] G.-V. _salsas_.

[433] SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH
_IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_

PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, SMALL ONIONS, ORIGANY, NUTS, FIGDATES, HONEY,
VINEGAR, BROTH, MUSTARD, A LITTLE OIL; HEAT THIS SAUCE, AND IF YOU
WISH [it to be richer, add] RAISINS.

[434] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH
_ALITER IN PISCE ELIXO_ [1]

CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, GREEN CORIANDER, SATURY, ONION, [hard] BOILED
YOLKS, RAISIN WINE, VINEGAR, OIL AND BROTH.

[1] Tor. _frixo_--fried fish, although his heading reads
_elixo_.

[435] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH
_ALITER IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_

PREPARE THE FISH CAREFULLY; IN THE MORTAR PUT SALT, CORIANDER SEED,
CRUSH AND MIX WELL; TURN THE FISH THEREIN, PUT IT IN A PAN, COVER IT
AND SEAL IT WITH PLASTER [1] COOK IT IN THE OVEN. WHEN DONE RETIRE
[the fish from the pan] SPRINKLE WITH STRONG VINEGAR AND SERVE.

[1] Remarkable culinary ingenuity, resembling in
principle the North American Indian method of cooking
whitefish wrapped in clay. Today we use flour and water
made into a stiff paste to seal a pan hermetically if no
"pressure cooker" is available.

This formula cannot be classified under "Sauce for
Boiled Fish."

[436] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH
_ALITER IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_

WHEN THE FISH IS PREPARED, PUT THE SAME IN A FLAT PAN WITH CORIANDER
SEED, WATER AND GREEN DILL; WHEN COOKED SPRINKLE WITH VINEGAR AND
SERVE [1].

[1] Another fair example of the incompleteness, on the
on