PEPPER, CUMIN, RUE, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH AND OIL. [402] ANOTHER LOBSTER PREPARATION _ALITER IN LOCUSTA_ FOR LOBSTER LET US PROPERLY EMPLOY [1] PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, MINT, RUE, NUTS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, AND WINE. [1] Tor. _rectè adhibemus_, sentence not in the other texts. II RAY, SKATE _IN TORPEDINE_ [1] [403] [A Sauce for] RAY _IN TORPEDINE_ CRUSH PEPPER, RUE, SHALLOTS, [adding] HONEY, BROTH, RAISIN WINE, A LITTLE WINE, ALSO A FEW DROPS OF OIL; WHEN IT COMMENCES TO BOIL, BIND WITH ROUX. [1] _torpedo_; the _raia torpedo_ of Linnæus; a ray or skate. [404] BOILED RAY _IN TORPEDINE ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, PARSLEY, MINT, ORIGANY, YOLKS OF EGG, HONEY, BROTH, RAISIN WINE. WINE, AND OIL. IF YOU WISH, ADD MUSTARD AND VINEGAR, OR, IF DESIRED RICHER, ADD RAISINS. This appears to be a sauce to be poured over the boiled ray. Today the ray is boiled in water seasoned strongly and with similar ingredients. When done, the fish is allowed to cool in this water; the edible parts are then removed, the water drained from the meat, which is tossed in sizzling brown butter with lemon juice, vinegar and capers. This is _raie au beurre noir_, much esteemed on the French seaboards. III CALAMARY _IN LOLIGINE_ [1] [405] CALAMARY IN THE PAN _IN LOLIGINE IN PATINA_ CRUSH PEPPER, RUE, A LITTLE HONEY, BROTH, REDUCED WINE, AND OIL TO TASTE. WHEN COMMENCING TO BOIL, BIND WITH ROUX. [1] Calamary, ink-fish, cuttlefish. Cf. Chap. IV. G.-V. _Lolligine_. [405a] STUFFED CALAMARY [1] _IN LOLIGINE FARSILI_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CORIANDER, CELERY SEED, YOLKS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, OIL, AND BIND [2]. [1] Ex List., Sch., and G.-V. Evidently a sauce or dressing. The formula for the forcemeat of the fish is not given here but is found in ℞ No. 406--stuffed Sepia, a fish akin to the calamary. IV SEPIA, CUTTLEFISH _IN SEPIIS_ [406] STUFFED SEPIA _IN SEPIA FARSILI_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CELERY SEED, CARRAWAY, HONEY, BROTH, WINE, BASIC CONDIMENTS [1] HEAT [in water] THROW IN THE CUTTLEFISH; [when done] SPLIT, THEN STUFF THE CUTTLEFISH [2] WITH [the following forcemeat] BOILED BRAINS, THE STRINGS AND SKIN REMOVED, POUND WITH PEPPER, MIX IN RAW EGGS UNTIL IT IS PLENTY. WHOLE PEPPER [to be added]. TIE [the filled dish] INTO LITTLE BUNDLES [of linen] AND IMMERSE IN THE BOILING STOCK POT UNTIL THE FORCEMEAT IS PROPERLY COOKED. [1] _Condimenta coctiva_--salt, herbs, roots. [2] G.-V. treat this as a separate formula. [407] BOILED CUTTLEFISH [1] _SEPIAS ELIXAS AB AHENO_ [2] ARE PLACED IN A COPPER KETTLE WITH COLD [WATER] AND PEPPER, LASER, BROTH, NUTS, EGGS, AND [any other] SEASONING YOU MAY WISH. [1] List. connects this article with the foregoing. [2] Tor. _aheno_ for copper kettle; List. _amylo_. [408] ANOTHER WAY TO COOK CUTTLEFISH _ALITER SEPIAS_