AKE A PIE
[custard] OF THIS, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

Sch. {Rx} No. 168.

[162] A DISH OF SEA-NETTLES
_PATINA DE URTICA_ [1]

A DISH OF SEA-NETTLES, EITHER HOT OR COLD, IS MADE THUS: [2] TAKE
SEA-NETTLES, WASH AND DRAIN THEM ON THE COLANDER, DRY ON THE TABLE AND
CHOP FINE. CRUSH 10 SCRUPLES OF PEPPER, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, ADD 2
SMALL GLASSES OF BROTH AND 6 OUNCES OF OIL. HEAT THIS IN A SAUCE PAN
AND WHEN COOKED TAKE IT OUT AND ALLOW TO COOL OFF. NEXT OIL A CLEAN
PAN, BREAK 8 EGGS AND BEAT THEM; COMBINE THESE WITH THE ABOVE
PREPARATIONS, PLACE THE PAN ON HOT ASHES TO GIVE IT HEAT FROM BELOW,
WHEN DONE [congealed] SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] G.-V. _p. urticarum calida et frigida_.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[163] A DISH OF QUINCES
_PATINA DE CYDONIIS_ [1]

A DISH OF QUINCES IS MADE AS FOLLOWS: [2] QUINCES ARE COOKED WITH
LEEKS, HONEY AND BROTH, USING HOT OIL, OR THEY ARE STEWED IN HONEY
[3].

[1] G.-V. _p. de Cydoneis_.

[2] Tor. sentence wanting in other texts.

[3] This latter method would appeal to our modern notion
of preparing fruits of this sort; we use sugar syrup to
cook them in and flavor with various spices, adding
perhaps a little wine or brandy.

III

OF FINELY CHOPPED, MINCED MEATS
_DE MINUT ALIBUS_ [1]

[164] A MINCE OF SEA FOOD
_MINUTAL MARINUM_

PLACE THE FISH IN SAUCE PAN, ADD BROTH OIL AND WINE [and poach it].
ALSO FINELY CHOP LEEK HEADS [the white part only of leeks] AND [fresh]
CORIANDER. [When cool, mince the fish fine] FORM IT INTO SMALL CAKES
[2] ADDING CAPERS [3] AND SEA-NETTLES WELL CLEANED. THESE FISH CAKES
COOK IN A LIQUOR OF PEPPER, LOVAGE AND ORIGANY, CRUSHED, DILUTED WITH
BROTH AND THE ABOVE FISH LIQUOR WHICH SKIM WELL, BIND [with roux or
eggs] STIR [strain] OVER THE CAKES, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.

[1] G.-V. _minutal de piscibus vel Isiciis_.

[2] Tac. G.-V. _isiciola ... minuta_--resembling our
modern _quenelles de poisson_--tiny fish dumplings.

[3] Tac. _cum caparis_; Tor. _c. capparibus_; Vat. Ms.
_concarpis_; List. G.-V. _concerpis_.

[165] TARENTINE MINUTAL
_MINUTAL TARENTINUM_ [1]

FINELY CHOP THE WHITE PART OF LEEKS AND PLACE IN A SAUCE PAN; ADD OIL
[fry lightly] AND BROTH; NEXT ADD SMALL SAUSAGE TO BE COOKED LIKEWISE.
TO HAVE A GOOD TARENTINE DISH, THEY MUST BE TENDER. THE MAKING OF