Education -- Early works to 1800; England -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800; Etiquette; Home economics -- Early works to 1800; Table
Se þat your{e} gynger be well{e} y-pared /
or hit to powd{er} ye bete,
and þ{a}t hit be hard / w{i}t{h}-owt worme /
bytyng{e}, & good hete;
For good gyng{er} colombyne / is best to drynke and ete;
Gyng{er} valadyne & maydelyñ ar not so holsom in mete. 132
[Sidenote: your sticks of Cinnamon thin, hot and sweet; Canel is
not so good. Cinnamon is hot and dry, Cardamons are hot and
moist.]
looke þat yo{ur} stikk{es} of synamome be thyñ,
bretill{e}, & fayr{e} in colewr{e},
and in your{e} mowth{e}, Fresch{e}, hoot, & swete /
þat is best & sure,
For canell{e} is not so good in þis crafte & cur{e}.
Synamome is hoot & dry in h{i}s worchyng{e}
while he will{e} dur{e}. 136
[Sidenote: Take sugar or sugar candy, red wine,]
Graynes of p{ar}adise,[35] hoote & moyst þey be:
Sugre of .iij. cute[36] / white /
hoot & moyst in his p{ro}purte;
Sugr{e} Candy is best of all{e}, as y telle the,
and red wyne is whote & drye to tast, fele, & see, 140
[Sidenote: graines, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, spice, and
turnesole, and put each powder in a bladder by itself.]
Graynes[35] / gyng{er}, long{e} pepur, & sugr{e} /
hoot & moyst in worchyng{e};[37]
Synamome / Canelle[38] / red wyne /
hoot & drye in þeir{e} doyng{e};
Turnesole[39] is good & holsom for red wyne colowryng{e}:
all{e} þese ingredyent{es}, þey ar for ypocras makyng{e}. 144
[Sidenote: Hang your straining-bags so that they mayn’t
touch,--first bag a gallon, others a pottle.]
Good soñ, your{e} powdurs so made,
vche by þam self in bledd{ur} laid,
hang{e} sur{e} your{e} p{er}che & bagges
þ{a}t þey from yow not brayd,
& þat no bagge touche oþ{er} / do as y haue yow said{e};
þe furst bag a galou{n} / all{e} oþ{er} of a potell{e},
vchoñ by oþ{er} teied. 148
[Sidenote: Put the powders in two or three gallons of red wine;
then into the runner, the second bag,]
Furst put in a basou{n} a galou{n}
ij. or iij. wyne so red; [Fol. 173.]
þeñ put in your{e} powdurs, yf ye will{e} be sped,
and aftyr in-to þe renner{e} so lett hym be fed,
þañ in-to þe second bagge so wold it be ledde. 152
[Sidenote: (tasting and trying it now and then), and the third
vessel.]
loke þ{o}u take a pece in þyne hand eu{er}mor{e} among{e},
and assay it in þy mouth{e} if hit be any thyng{e} strong{e},
and if þow fele it welle boþe w{i}t{h} mouth{e} & tong{e},
þañ put it in þe iij. vessell{e} / & tary not to long{e}. 156
[Sidenote: If it’s not right, add cinnamon, ginger, or sugar, as
wanted.]
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