The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 — John Shaqi
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
Take Connynges smyte hem to pecys. parboile hem and drawe hem with a
gode broth with almandes blanched and brayed. do þerinne sugur and
powdour gynger and boyle it and the flessh þerwith. flour it with
sugur and with powdour gynger an serue forth.
CHYKENS IN GRAVEY. XXVII.
Take Chykens and serue hem the same manere and serue forth.
FYLETTES [1] OF GALYNTYNE [2]. XXVIII.
Take fylettes of Pork and rost hem half ynowh smyte hem on pecys.
drawe a lyour of brede and blode. and broth and Vineger. and do
þerinne. seeþ it wele. and do þerinne powdour an salt an messe it
forth.
[1] Fylettes. Fillets.
[2] of Galyntyne. In Galyntyne. Contents, _rectlus_. As for
_Galentine_, see the Gloss.
PYGGES IN SAWSE SAWGE [1]. XXIX.
Take Pigges yskaldid and quarter hem and seeþ hem in water and salt,
take hem and lat hem kele [2]. take persel sawge. and grynde it with
brede and zolkes of ayrenn harde ysode. temper it up with vyneger sum
what thyk. and, lay the Pygges in a vessell. and the sewe onoward and
serue it forth.
[1] Sawge. Sage. As several of them are to be used, these pigs must
have been small.
[2] kele. Cool.
SAWSE MADAME. XXX.
Take sawge. persel. ysope. and saueray. quinces. and peeres [1],
garlek and Grapes. and fylle the gees þerwith. and sowe the hole þat
no grece come out. and roost hem wel. and kepe the grece þat fallith
þerof. take galytyne and grece and do in a possynet, whan the gees
buth rosted ynowh; take an smyte hem on pecys. and þat tat [2] is
withinne and do it in a possynet and put þerinne wyne if it be to
thyk. do þerto powdour of galyngale. powdour douce and salt and boyle
the sawse and dresse þe Gees in disshes and lay þe sowe onoward.
[1] Peares. Pears.
[2] that tat, i.e. that that. Vide Gloss.
GEES IN HOGGEPOT [1]. XXXI.
Take Gees and smyte hem on pecys. cast hem in a Pot do þerto half
wyne and half water. and do þerto a gode quantite of Oynouns and
erbest. Set it ouere the fyre and couere [2] it fast. make a layour
of brede and blode an lay it þerwith. do þerto powdour fort and serue
it fort.
[1] Hoggepot. Hodge-podge. _Ochepot_. Ms. Ed. No. 22. French,
_Hochepot_. Cotgrave. See Junii Enym. v. _Hotch-potch_.
[2] couere. Cover.
CARNEL [1] OF PORK. XXXII.
Take the brawnn of Swyne. parboile it and grynde it smale and alay it
up with zolkes of ayren. set it ouere [2] the fyre with white Grece
and lat it not seeþ to fast. do þerinne Safroun an powdour fort and
messe it forth. and cast þerinne powdour douce, and serue it forth.
[1] Carnel, perhaps _Charnel_, from Fr. _Chaire_.
[2] ouere. Over. So again, No. 33.
CHYKENNS [1] IN CAWDEL. XXXIII.
Take Chikenns and boile hem in gode broth and ramme [2] hem up. þenne
take zolkes of ayrenn an þe broth and alye it togedre. do þerto
powdour of gynger and sugur ynowh safroun and salt. and set it ouere
the fyre withoute boyllyng. and serue the Chykenns hole [3] oþer
ybroke and lay þe sowe onoward.
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