Acidulated water. Water to which a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar has been added to acidify it. It often applies to water which has been acidulated for vegetables, to prevent them from losing their colour, many of which go brown when they are exposed to the air. It is also used for poaching fish.
"Cooked water." A thin soup of mushrooms, onions, carrots, tomatoes, celery and red peppers and garlic, cooked in water with good quality olive oil, usually served poured over bread, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. It should not contain any meat. It originated in Maremma in Tuscany.
Atherine, Mediterranean silverside or sandsmelt. A common Mediterranean marine fish, usually deep-fried, it is a small, silvery fish similar to the argentine. When tiny it is treated in the same way as whitebait.
