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 blades of Fenkel. shrede hem not to smale, do hem to seeþ in
water and oile and oynouns mynced þerwith. do þerto safroun and salt
and powdour douce, serue it forth, take brede ytosted and lay the
sewe onoward.
CLAT [1]. XX.III. XVIII.
Take elena campana and seeþ it water [2]. take it up and grynde it
wel in a morter. temper it up with ayrenn safroun and salt and do it
ouer the fire and lat it not boile. cast above powdour douce and
serue it forth.
[1] Clat. Qu.
[2] water; r. _in water_, as in No. 79.
APPULMOY [1]. XX.III. XIX.
Take Apples and seeþ hem in water, drawe hem thurgh a straynour.
take almaunde mylke & hony and flour of Rys, safroun and powdour fort
and salt. and seeþ it stondyng [2].
[1] Appulmoy. _Appulmos_. Ms. Ed. No. 17. named from the apples
employed. V. No. 149.
[2] stondyng. thick.
SLETE [1] SOPPES. XX.IIII.
Take white of Lekes and slyt hem, and do hem to seeþ in wyne, oile
and salt, rost brede and lay in dysshes and the sewe above and serue
it forth.
[1] Slete. slit.
LETELORYE [1]. XX.IIII. I.
Take Ayrenn and wryng hem thurgh a styunour and do þerto cowe mylke
with butter and safroun and salt and seeþ it wel. leshe it. and loke
þat it be stondyng. and serue it forth.
[1] Letelorye. The latter part of the compound is unknown, the first
is Fr. _Lait_, milk. Vide No. 68.
SOWPES DORRY [1]. XX.IIII. II.
Take Almaundes brayed, drawe hem up with wyne. ooile it, cast
þeruppon safroun and salt, take brede itosted in wyne. lay þerof a
leyne [2] and anoþer of þe sewe and alle togydre. florish it with
sugur powdour gyngur and serue it forth.
[1] Sowpes Dorry. Sops endorsed. V. _Dorry_ in Gloss.
[2] A leyne. a layer.
RAPE [1]. XX.IIII. III.
Take half fyges and half raisouns pike hem and waisshe
hem in water skalde hem in wyne. bray hem in a morter, and drawe hem
thurgh a straynour. cast hem in a pot and þerwiþ powdour of peper and
ooþer good powdours. alay it up with flour of Rys. and colour it with
saundres. salt it. & messe it forth.
[1] Rape. A dissyllable, as appears from _Rapey_ in the Contents.
_Rapy_, Ms. Ed. No. 49. _Rapee_, ibid. II. 28.
SAWSE SARZYNE [1]. XX.IIII. IIII.
Take heppes and make hem clene. take Almaundes blaunched, frye hem in
oile and bray hem in a morter with heppes. drawe it up with rede wyne,
and do þerin sugur ynowhz with Powdour fort, lat it be stondyng, and
alay it with flour of Rys. and colour it with alkenet and messe it
forth. and florish it with Pomme garnet. If þou wilt in flesshe day.
seeþ Capouns and take the brawnn and tese hem smal and do þerto. and
make the lico [2] of þis broth.
[1] Sawse Sarzyne. _Sause_. Contents. _Saracen_, we presume, from the
nation or people. There is a Recipe in Ms. Ed. No. 54 for a Bruet of
_Sarcynesse_, but there are no pomgranates concerned.
[2] lico. liquor.
CRÈME OF ALMAUNDES. XX.IIII. V.
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