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
[10] yteysed, or _teysed_, as afterwards. Pulled in pieces by the
fingers, called _teezing_ No. 36. This is done now with flesh of
turkeys, and thought better than mincing. Vide Junius, voce _Tease_.
EGURDOUCE [1]. XXI.
Take Conynges or Kydde and smyte hem on pecys rawe. and frye hem in
white grece. take raysouns of Coraunce and fry hem take oynouns
parboile hem and hewe hem small and fry hem. take rede wyne suger
with powdour of peper. of gynger of canel. salt. and cast þerto. and
lat it seeþ with a gode quantite of white grece an serue it forth.
[1] Egurdouce. The term expresses _piccante dolce_, a mixture of sour
and sweet; but there is nothing of the former in the composition.
Vide Gloss.
CAPOUNS IN COUNCYS [1]. XXII.
Take Capons and rost hem right hoot þat þey be not half y nouhz and
hewe hem to gobettes and cast hem in a pot, do þerto clene broth,
seeþ hem þat þey be tendre. take brede and þe self broth and drawe it
up yferer [2], take strong Powdour and Safroun and Salt and cast þer
to. take ayrenn and seeþ hem harde. take out the zolkes and hewe the
whyte þerinne, take the Pot fro þe fyre and cast the whyte þerinne.
messe the disshes þerwith and lay the zolkes hool and flour it with
clowes.
[1] Concys seems to be a kind of known sauce. V. Gloss.
[2] yfere. Together.
HARES [1] IN TALBOTES [2]. XXIII.
Take Hares and hewe hem to gobettes and seeþ hem with þe blode
unwaisshed in broth. and whan þey buth y nowh: cast hem in colde
water. pyke and waisshe hem clene. cole [3] the broth and drawe it
thurgh a straynour. take oþer blode and cast in boylyng water seeþ it
and drawe it thurgh a straynour. take Almaundes unblaunched. waisshe
hem and grynde hem and temper it up with the self broth. cast al in a
pot. tak oynouns and parboile hem smyte hem small and cast hem in to
þis Pot. cast þerinne Powdour fort. vynegur an salt.
[1] Haares, Contents. So again, No. 24.
[2] Talbotes. Ms. Ed. No. 9, _Talbotays_.
[3] Cole. Cool.
HARES IN PAPDELE [1]. XXIIII.
Take Hares parboile hem in gode broth. cole the broth and waisshe the
fleyssh. cast azeyn [2] to gydre. take obleys [3] oþer wafrouns [4]
in stede of lozeyns [5]. and cowche [6] in dysshes. take powdour
douce and lay on salt the broth and lay onoward [7] an messe forth.
[1] Papdele. Qu.
[2] azeyn. Again.
[3] obleys, called _oblatæ_; for which see Hearne ad Lib. Nig. I. p.
344. A kind of Wafer, otherwise called _Nebulæ_; and is the French
_oublie, oble_. Leland, Collect. IV. p. 190. 327.
[4] wafrouns. Wafers.
[5] loseyns. Vide Gloss.
[6] cowche. Lay.
[7] onoward. Upon it.
CONNYNGES IN CYNEE [1]. XXV.
Take Connynges and smyte hem on peces. and seeþ hem in gode broth,
mynce Oynouns and seeþ hem in grece and in gode broth do þerto. drawe
a lyre of brede. blode. vynegur and broth do þerto with powdour fort.
[1] Cynee. Vide Gloss.
CONNYNGES IN GRAUEY. XXVI.
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