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[Sidenotes:
[a] Undress by a fire in Winter, [b] and warm your garments well.
[c] Put off your cares with your clothes, [d] and take them up
again in the morning.]
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Recipes.
[_From Harleian MS._ 5401, _ab._ 1480-1500 A.D.]
FRUTURS. (page 194 or fol. 69 b.)
R{ecipe} [1] þe cromys of whyte brede, & swete apyls, & ȝokk{is} of
egg{is}, & bray þa{m} wele, & temp{er} it w{i}t{h} wyne, & make it to
sethe; & when it is thyk, do þ{er}-to gode spyces, gyng{er} & gali{n}gay
& canyll & clows, & s{erve} it forth{e}. (See also _Liber Cure Cocorum_,
p. 39-40.)
FRUTURS OF FYGIS. (p. 197 or fol. 98.)
R{ecipe} & make bature of flour{e}, ale, pep{er} & saferon, w{i}t{h}
oþ{er} spices; þan cast þa{m}[2] in to a frying pann w{i}t{h} bat{ur}, &
ole, & bake þa{m} & s{erve}. (See another recipe in _Household
Ordinances_, p. 450, under the head “Turtelettys of Fruture.”)
IUSSELL. (p. 198 or fol. 98 b.)
R{ecipe} brede gratyd, & egg{is}; & swyng þa{m} to-gyder{e}, & do
þ{er}to sawge, & saferon, & salt; þan take gode broth{e}, & cast it
þ{er}-to, & bole it enforesayd, & do þ{er}-to as to charlete &c. (See
also _Liber Cure Cocorum_, p. 11; Jussel of Flesh, _Household
Ordinances_, p. 462; Jussel enforsed, p. 463; Jussel of Fysshe, p. 469.)
MAWMENY. (p. 201 or fol. 100.)
R{ecipe} brawne of Capons or of he{n}nys, & dry þa{m} wele, & towse
þa{m} small{e}; þan take thyk mylk of almonds, & put þe saide brawñ
þ{er}-to, & styr it wele ou{er} þe fyre, & seson it w{i}t{h} sug{er}, &
powd{er} of Canell{e}, w{i}t{h} mase, quibibs, & anneys in co{n}fete, &
s{erve} it forth{e}. (See also the recipe “For to make momene” in _Liber
Cure Cocorum_, p. 26; for “Mawmene for xl. Mees” in _Household
Ordinances_, p. 455; and “Mawmene to Potage,” p. 430.)
FRETOURE. (_Harl. MS._ 276.)
+Vyaunde leche. L.iiii.+
+Fretoure+ Take whete Floure, Ale, Ȝest, Safroun, & Salt, & bete alle
to-gederys as þikke as þ{o}u schuldyst make oþ{er} bature in fleyssche
tyme, & þan take fayre Applys, & kut hem in maner of Fretourys, & wete
hem in þe bature vp on downe, & frye hem in fayre Oyle, & caste hem in a
dyssche, & caste Sugr{e} þer-on, & serue forth. [The recipe for “Tansye”
is No. l.vi.]
Recipes.
[_From Harl. MS._ 279, _ab._ 1430-40 A.D.
_A pretty MS. that ought to be printed._]
+Potage dyuers .lxiij.+ (fol. 15 a.)
+Harys in cyueye.+ Take Harys, & Fle hem, & make hem clene, an hacke hem
in gobettys, & sethe hem in Watere & Salt a lytylle; þan take Pepyr, an
Safroun, an Brede, y-grounde y-fere, & temper it wyth Ale. þan take
Oynonys & Percely y-mynced smal to-gederys, & sethe hem be hem self, &
afterward take & do þer-to a porcyon of vynegre, & dresse in. (See also
the recipe for “Harus in Cyue” in _Liber Cure Cocorum_, p. 21, & that
for “Conyngus in cyue” p. 20. _Chive_ is a kind of small onion.)
+.lxxiii.+ (fol. 16 a.)
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