Education -- Early works to 1800; England -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800; Etiquette; Home economics -- Early works to 1800; Table
¶ [1] Fyrste sette ye forthe mustarde and brawne, potage, befe, motton
stewed. [2] Fesande / swanne / capon / pygge, venyson bake / custarde /
and leche lombarde. [3] Fruyter vaunte, with a subtylte, two potages,
blau{n}che ma{n}ger, and gelly. [4] For standarde, venyson roste, kydde,
fawne & cony / bustarde, storke, crane, pecocke with his tayle,
hero{n}sewe, bytture, woodcocke, partryche, plouer, rabettes, grete
byrdes, larkes / [5] doucettes, paynpuffe, whyte leche, ambre / gelly,
creme of almondes, curlewe, brewe, snytes, quayle, sparowes, martynet,
perche i{n} gelly / petyperuys[G], quy{n}ces bake / leche dewgarde,
fruyter fayge, blandrelles or pepyns with carawaye in co{n}fettes,
wafers and ypocras, they be a-greable. [b] Now this feest is done, voyde
ye the table.
[Sidenotes:
[a] The _Sewer_ or arranger of dishes must ascertain what dishes
and fruits are prepared daily for dinner; and he must have people
ready to carry up the dishes.
_The Succession of Dishes._
1. Brawn, &c. 2. Pheasant, &c. 3. Meat Fritters, &c 4. For a
standard, a peacock with his tail. 5. Doucettes, Paynpuff, Brew,
Snipe, Petyperuys and Fayge, Caraways, &c.
[b] Clear the table]
[Headnote: KERUYNGE OF FLESSHE.]
¶ Here endeth the sewynge of flesshe.
And begynneth the keruynge of flesshe.
++The keruer must knowe the keruynge and the fayre ha{n}dlynge of a
knyfe, and how ye shall seche al maner of fowle / your knyfe muste be
fayre and [Fol. A 5.] [a] your ha{n}des muste be clene; & passe not two
fyngers & a thombe vpon your knyfe. In y^e myddes of your ha{n}de set
the halfe sure, vnlassynge y^e mynsy{n}ge wich[H] two fy{n}gers & a
thombe; keruynge of brede, layenge, & voydynge of crommes, with two
fyngers and a thombe / loke ye haue y^e cure / set neuer on fysshe /
flesshe / beest / ne fowle, more than two fyngers and a thombe / than
take your lofe in your lefte hande, & holde your knyfe surely; enbrewe
not the table clothe / but [b] wype vpon your napkyn / than take your
trenchouer lofe in your lefte ha{n}de, and with the edge of your table
knyfe take vp your trenchours as nye the poynt as ye may / [c] tha{n}
laye foure trenchours to your soferayne, one by an other / and laye
theron other foure trenchours or elles twayne / than take a lofe in your
lyfte hande, & pare y^e lofe rou{n}de aboute / tha{n} cut the ouer
cruste to your souerayne, and cut the nether cruste, & voyde the
parynge, & touche the lofe no more after it is so serued / than clense
the table that the sewer may serue youre souerayne. [d] Also ye muste
knowe the fumosytces[I] of fysshe, flesshe, and foules, & all maner of
sauces accordynge to theyr appetytes / these ben the fumosytes / salte,
soure, resty, fatte, fryed, senewes, skynnes, hony, croupes, yonge
feders, heddes, pygous[K] bones, all maner of legges of bestees & fowles
the vtter syde; for these ben fumosytees; laye them neuer to your
souerayne.
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