[2] Remembering that List. reads _lagitis_ for _lacertis_, this formula appears to be an antique "Scrambled Eggs and Bacon." Cf. notes to ℞ Nos. 42, 148-150. [3] _Oenogarum_, cf. ℞ No. 147, the Sardine Omelette. [4] To cook the eggs as described above would be disastrous. The fish, if such was used, was probably first poached in the broth, wine and oil, and when done, removed from the pan. The _fond_, or remaining juice or gravy, was subsequently tied with the egg yolks, and this sauce was strained over the fish dressed on the service platter, the _œnogarum_ sparingly sprinkled over the finished dish. This would closely resemble our modern _au vin blanc_ fish dishes; the _œnogarum_ taking the place of our meat glacé. Another interpretation of this vexatious formula is that if fish was used, the cooked fish was incorporated with the raw beaten eggs which were then scrambled in the pan. In that event this formula resembles closely the sardine omelette. [154] A FISH STEW _PATINA ZOMORE_ [1] THE ZOMORE FISH DISH IS MADE AS FOLLOWS [2] TAKE RAW GANONAS [3] AND OTHER [fish] WHICHEVER YOU LIKE, PLACE THEM IN A SAUCE PAN, ADDING OIL, BROTH, REDUCED WINE, A BUNCH [4] OF LEEKS AND [green] CORIANDER; WHILE THIS COOKS, CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE AND A BUNCH OF ORIGANY WHICH CRUSH BY ITSELF AND DILUTE WITH THE JUICE [5] OF THE FISH. NOW DISSOLVE [break and beat egg yolks for a _liaison_] PREPARE AND TASTE THE DISH, BINDING [the sauce with the yolks] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE. [1] List. _Zomoteganite_--"a dish of fish boiled in their own liquor"; G.-V. _zomoteganon_; Lan. _zomoreganonas_; Vat. Ms. _zomonam Ganas_. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [3] _ganonas crudas_--an unidentified fish. [4] "Bouquet garni." [5] _ius de suo sibi_--old Plautian latinity. Cf. H. C. Coote, cit. Apiciana; the proof of the antiquity and the genuineness of Apicius. [155] SOLE IN WHITE WINE _PATINA EX SOLEIS_ [1] A DISH OF SOLE IS THUS MADE [2] BEAT THE SOLE [3] PREPARE [4] AND PLACE THEM IN A [shallow] SAUCE PAN, ADD OIL, BROTH AND WINE, AND POACH THEM THUS; NOW CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY AND ADD OF THE FISH JUICE; THEN BIND THE SAUCE WITH RAW EGGS [yolks] TO MAKE A GOOD CREAMY SAUCE OF IT; STRAIN THIS OVER THE SOLE, HEAT ALL ON A SLOW FIRE [to fill it with live heat] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE [5]. [1] G.-V. _P. solearum_. [2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts. [3] Beat, to make tender, to be able to remove the skin. [4] Tor. _curatos_--trim, skin, remove entrails, wash. [5] One of the best of Apician accomplishments. Exactly like our modern _sole au vin blanc_, one of the most aristocratic of dishes. Cf. ℞ No. 487, Excerpta, XIX. [155a] FISH LIQUOR _PATINA EX PISCIBUS_