PEPPER, LOVAGE, SATURY, SAFFRON [2], ONIONS, STONED DAMASCUS PRUNES, WINE, MEAD, VINEGAR, REDUCED MUST AND OIL; COOK IT [3]. [1] V. doubting that this is broiled. [2] Tor. _Crocomagma_; List. _crocum magnum_, still used today in some fish preparations, particularly in the Bouillabaisse. [3] The laconic style in which all these fish preparations are given, is very confusing to the uninitiated. We assume that most of these ingredients were used to season the water in which to boil fish; or, to make a _court-bouillon_, a fish-essence of the bones and the trimmings of the fish, in which to poach the sliced fish. The liquor thus gained was reduced and in the moment of serving was bound with roux or with yolks, and the fish was masked with this sauce. The exceptions from this rule are, of course, in cases where the fish was broiled or fried. [449] SAUCE FOR BROILED MURENA _IUS IN MURENA ASSA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, [stoned] DAMASCUS PRUNES, WINE, MEAD, VINEGAR, BROTH, REDUCED MUST, OIL; COOK IT. [450] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BROILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ASSA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CATMINT [1] CORIANDER SEED, ONIONS, PINE NUTS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL; COOK IT. [1] _Nepeta montana_--nep. [451] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA [1] _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, DILL, CELERY SEED, CORIANDER, DRY MINT, PINE NUTS, RUE, HONEY, VINEGAR, WINE [2] BROTH, A LITTLE OIL, HEAT AND BIND WITH ROUX. [1] Ex Tac. and Tor.; wanting in List. and G.-V. [2] Tac.; wanting in Tor. [452] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY, CELERY SEED [1] CORIANDER, FIGDATES, MUSTARD, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, REDUCED WINE. [1] List., Sch., Dann. add here which is wanting in Tor. _rhus Syriacum_--Syrian Sumach. The originals are considerably confused on the above and the following formulæ. [453] ANOTHER SAUCE FOR BOILED MURENA _ALITER IUS IN MURENA ELIXA_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, VINEGAR, CELERY SEED, SYRIAN SUMACH [1] FIGDATE WINE, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, OIL, MUSTARD, AND REDUCED MUST. SERVE [2]. [1] See note to ℞ No. 452. [2] Ex Tor. It appears that this formula is a correction of ℞ No. 452, as this is wanting in the other editions. Tor. also lacks the following formula. In Tac. the above formula follows the next. [454] SAUCE FOR BOILED FISH _IUS IN PISCE ELIXO_ PEPPER, LOVAGE, PARSLEY, ORIGANY, DRY ONIONS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, A LITTLE OIL, WHEN BOILING, TIE WITH ROUX AND SERVE IN A SMALL SAUCE BOAT [1]. [1] _in lance_; _lanx_ may also mean a large oblong platter on which fish would be served. Cf. illustration Oval Dish with Handles. Horace II Sat. 8--_in patina porrecta_--a special dish to hold the cooked _murena_ and to display it to advantage.