Of the fish called the sturgeon, we have more than can be consumed by
all our company; but one cannot endure the flavor day after day, and
therefore is it that we use it for food only when we cannot get any
other.
Master Hunt has shown Nathaniel and me how we may prepare it in such a
manner as to change the flavor. It must first be dried in the sun until
so hard that it can be pounded to the fineness of meal. This is then
mixed with caviare, by which I mean the eggs, or roe, of the sturgeon,
with sorrel leaves, and with other wholesome herbs. The whole is
made into small balls, or cakes, which are fried over the fire with a
plentiful amount of fat.
Such a dish serves us for either bread or meat, or for both on a pinch,
therefore if we lads are careful not to waste our time, Captain Smith
may never come without finding in the larder something that can be
eaten.