PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, GREEN CORIANDER, DRY MINT, YOLKS, HONEY, BROTH, WINE, VINEGAR, AND A LITTLE OIL. WHEN BOILING BIND WITH ROUX. V POLYPUS [1] _IN POLYPO_ [409] POLYPUS _IN POLYPO_ [cook with] PEPPER, LOVAGE, BROTH, LASER, GINGER [2] AND SERVE. [1] The polypus, or eight-armed sepia, has been described by Plinius, Galen, Cicero, Diocles, Athenæus and other ancient writers. The ancients praise it as a food and attribute to the polypus the power of restoring lost vitality: _molli carne pisces, & suaves gustu sunt, & ad venerem conferunt_--Diocles. Wanting in the Vat. Ms. [2] Wanting in List. and G.-V. Ex Tor. p. 100. VI OYSTERS _IN OSTREIS_ [410] OYSTERS [1] _IN OSTREIS_ TO OYSTERS WHICH WANT TO BE WELL SEASONED ADD [2] PEPPER, LOVAGE, YOLKS, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, AND WINE; IF YOU WISH ALSO ADD HONEY [3]. [1] Wanting in the Vat. Ms. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in the other texts. [3] Cf. No. 14 for the keeping of oysters. It is not likely that the oysters brought from Great Britain to Rome were in a condition to be enjoyed from the shell--raw. The above formula appears to be a sort of oyster stew. VII [411] ALL KINDS OF BIVALVES _IN OMNE GENUS CONCHYLIORUM_ [1] FOR ALL KINDS OF SHELLFISH USE PEPPER, LOVAGE, PARSLEY, DRY MINT, A LITTLE MORE OF CUMIN, HONEY, AND BROTH; IF YOU WISH, ADD [bay] LEAVES AND MALOBATHRON [2]. [1] Wanting in the Vat. Ms. [2] Cf. note to ℞ No. 399. The shellfish is cooked or steamed with the above ingredients. VIII SEA URCHINS _IN ECHINO_ [412] SEA URCHIN _IN ECHINO_ TO PREPARE SEA URCHIN TAKE A NEW EARTHEN POT, A LITTLE OIL, BROTH, SWEET WINE, GROUND PEPPER, AND SET IT TO HEAT; WHEN BOILING PUT THE URCHINS IN SINGLY. SHAKE THEM WELL, LET THEM STEW, AND WHEN DONE SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE. Plinius states that only a few small parts of the sea urchin are edible. [413] ANOTHER METHOD _ALITER [IN] ECHINO_ PEPPER, A LITTLE COSTMARY, DRY MINT, MEAD, BROTH, INDIAN SPIKENARD, AND [bay or nard] LEAVES. [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 à 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_