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[a] ++In the seconde course for the metes before sayd ye shall take for
your sauces, wyne, ale, vynegre, and poudres, after the mete be; &
gynger & canell from Pentecost to the feest of saynt Iohn baptyst.
[b] The fyrst course shall be befe, motton soden with capons, or rosted
/ [c] & yf the capons be soden, araye hym in the maner aforesayd. And
whan he is rosted, thou must caste on salte, with wyne or with ale /
tha{n} take the capon by the legges, & caste on the sauce, & breke hym
out, & laye hym in a dysshe as he sholde flee. Fyrst ye shall cut the
ryght legge and the ryght sholdre, & bytwene the foure membres laye the
brawne of the capon, with the croupe in the ende bytwene the legges, as
it were possyble for to be Ioyned agayne togyder / & other bake metes
after: [d] And in the seconde course, potage shall be, Iussell, charlet,
or mortrus, with yonge geese, vele, porke, pygyons or chekyns rosted,
with payne puffe / fruyters, and other bake metes after the ordynau{n}ce
of the coke. [e] Also the goose ought to be cut membre to membre,
begynnynge at the ryght legge, and so forth vnder the ryght wynge, & not
vpon the Ioynte aboue / [f] & it ought for to be eten with grene
garlyke, or with sorell, or tender vynes, or vergyus in somer season,
after the pleasure of your souerayne. Also ye shall vnderstande that all
maner of fowle that hath hole fete sholde be reysed vnder the wynge, and
not aboue.
[Sidenotes:
[a] Sauces for the Second Course. [b] First Course: Beef and
Capons. [c] How to sauce and carve a Roast capon: lay him out as
if ready to fly. [d] Second Course: Potage, Charlet, young Geese,
Payne Puff, &c. [e] How to carve a Goose. [f] Goose must be eaten
with green garlic or verjuice.]
[Headnote: THE SERVICE FROM MIDSUMMER TO CHRISTMAS.]
¶ Here endeth the feest from Pentecost to mydsomer.
And here begynneth from the feest of saynt Iohn the baptist
vnto Myghelmasse.
[a] ++In the fyrst course, potage, wortes, gruell, & fourmenty, with
venyson, and mortrus and pestelles of porke with grene sauce. Rosted
capon, swanne with chawdron. [b] In the seconde course, potage after the
ordynaunce of the cokes, with rosted motton, vele, porke, chekyns or
endoured pygyons, heron-sewes, fruyters or other bake metes / [c] & take
hede to the fesande: he shall be arayed in the maner of a capon / but it
shall be done drye, without ony moysture, and he shall be eten with
salte and pouder of gynger. And the heronsewe shall be arayed in the
same maner without ony moysture, & he shulde be eten with salte and
poudre. [d] Also ye shall vnderstande that all maner of fowles hauynge
open clawes as a capon, shall be tyred and arayed as a capon and suche
other.
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