The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390Pegge, Samuel
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The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390
Pegge, Samuel
Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800
Item, a Draught of Fish, 2 great Pikes and 200 Breams, 0 26 8
Item, 3 gallons of Honey, 0 3 9
Item, 6 Horse-loads of Charcoal, 0 2 8
Item, 3 Loads of Talwood[8] and Bavings, 0 3 4
Item, 4 Streyners, 0 1 0
Item, for Graines[9], 0 0 4
Item, 20 doz. of Cups, 0 6 8
Item, 6 Elaskits and 1 Maund[10], 0 3 4
Item, 1 doz. Earthen Potts, 0 0 6
Item, 2 Staff Torches, 0 4 0
Item, for Yearbes[11], 5 days, 0 1 8
Item, for Waferans[12], 5 days[13], 0 1 8
Item, for Onions, 0 1 0
Item, 2 Gallipots, 0 0 8
Item, for Yeast, 5 days, 0 1 8
Item, 20 doz. borrowed Vessels, 0 5 1
Item, for Carriage or Wheat, Malt, Wine, and Wood,
from the Water-side, 0 15 0
Item, for Parker the Cook, and other Cooks and Water-bearers, 4 10 0
Item, 6 doz. of Trenchers, 0 0 4
First, for making a Cupboard, 0 1 4
[Footnote 1: seams]. quarter, much used in Kent, v. infra.]
[Footnote 2: Touling Eels]. qu. See below.]
[Footnote 3: Brewit Eels]. _i.e._ for Brewet; for which see above, p. 127.
also here, below.]
[Footnote 4: Syrope]. v. p. 36 above.]
[Footnote 5: Manchetts]. a species of Bread, see below.]
[Footnote 6: Vergis]. Verjuice.]
[Footnote 7: Mayne Bread]. Pain du main, v. p. 147. above.]
[Footnote 8: Talwood and Bavings]. Chord-wood, and Bavins. See Dr.
Birch's Life of Prince Henry: Wetwood and Bevins occur below, p. 184.]
[Footnote 9: Grains]. qu.]
[Footnote 10: Maund]. a large Basket, now used for Apples, &c.]
[Footnote 11: Yearbes]. yerbs are often pronounced so now; whence
_Yerby Grease_, for Herb of Grace.]
[Footnote 12: Waferans]. v. above, p. 157.]
[Footnote 13: 5 days]. qu. perhaps gathering, or fetching them.]
The Charge of the said Sir John Nevile of Chete at Lammas Assizes, in the
20th Year of the Reign of King Henry the VIIIth.
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