INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Platina mentions several odd fishes not usually used today as food,
such as cuttlefish, scorpions, lampreys and sea-lion. But most of his
fish are still favorites-eels, lobsters, crabs, oysters, sturgeon and
sturgeon eggs (which he calls caviar),  salmon, sole, etc., and he
gives a recipe for a Squid Dish for Days of Abstinence. Although  squid
is eaten today in the South of France and Greece, and can be  found in
special fish shops here, I would prefer salmon or halibut.  But if you
hanker for squid, just go ahead with it if you can find  some, and be
sure to have the fish man prepare it for you by removing  the black
liquid from the backbone. A SQUID DISH FOR DAYS OF  ABSTINENCE--1475
Boil the squid. Crush what is good in a mortar.  Prepare a paste of
almonds with rosewater strained through a sieve;  or, if you can't
provide this, use the juice of peas or white  chickpeas. Crush together
small grapes and five figs. Mix a little  rock parsley and a little
fresh marjoram leaves. Add as much  cinnamon, ginger and sugar as is
necessary. Mix these well with  whites of eggs so that they will stick
together and cook better. With  the mixture well greased, and with a
crust above and beneath, set it  on the hearth at a little distance
from the flame. Sprinkle sugar and  rosewater on the cooked mixture.
This dish assails all the members.

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