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
GYNGENER [1]. XX.VI. XIX.
Take payndemayn and pare it clene and funde it in Vinegur, grynde it
and temper it wiþ Vynegur, and with powdour gyngur and salt, drawe it
thurgh a straynour. and serue forth.
[1] Gyngener. From the powder of Ginger therein used.
VERDE [1] SAWSE. XX.VII.
Take parsel. mynt. garlek. a litul serpell [2] and sawge, a litul
canel. gyngur. piper. wyne. brede. vynegur & salt grynde it smal with
safroun & messe it forth.
[1] Verde. It has the sound of _Green-sauce_, but as there is no
Sorel in it, it is so named from the other herbs.
[2] a litul serpell. Wild thyme.
SAWSE NOYRE FOR MALARD. XX.VII. I.
Take brede and blode iboiled. and grynde it and drawe it thurgh a
cloth with Vynegur, do þerto powdour of gyngur ad of peper. & þe
grece of the Maulard. salt it. boile it wel and serue it forth.
CAWDEL FOR GEES. XX.VII. II.
Take garlec and grynde it smale. Safroun and flour þerwith & salt.
and temper it up with Cowe Mylke. and seeþ it wel and serue it forth.
CHAWDOUN [1] FOR SWANNES XX.VII. III.
Take þe lyuer and þe offall [2] of the Swannes & do it to seeþ in
gode broth. take it up. take out þe bonys. take & hewe the flessh
smale. make a Lyour of crustes of brede & of þe blode of þe Swan
ysoden. & do þerto powdour of clowes & of piper & of wyne & salt, &
seeþ it & cast þe flessh þerto ihewed. and messe it forth with þe
Swan.
[1] Chawdoun. V. Gloss.
[2] offall. _Exta_, Gibles.
SAWSE CAMELYNE [1]. XX.VII. IIII.
Take Raysouns of Coraunce. & kyrnels of notys. & crustes of brede &
powdour of gyngur clowes flour of canel. bray it [2] wel togyder and
do it þerto. salt it, temper it up with vynegur. and serue it forth.
[1] Camelyne. Qu. if _Canelyne_ from the _Fluor of Canel_?
[2] bray. bray.
LUMBARD MUSTARD. XX.VII. V.
Take Mustard seed and waishe it & drye it in an ovene, grynde it drye.
farse it thurgh a farse. clarifie hony with wyne & vynegur & stere it
wel togedrer and make it thikke ynowz. & whan þou wilt spende þerof
make it tnynne with wyne.
NOTA. XX.VII. VI.
Cranes [1] and Herouns shul be armed [2] with lardes of Swyne. and
eten with gyngur.
[1] Cranes. A dish frequent formerly at great tables. Archæologia,
II. p. 171. mentioned with Herons, as here, Ms. Ed. 3. where the same
Recipe occurs. et v. Lel. Coll. IV. p. 226. VI. p. 38. Rabelais, IV.
c. 59. E. of Devon's Feast.
[2] armed. Ms. Ed. No. 3. has _enarmed_, as may be read there.
_Enarmed_, however, in Lel. Collect. IV. p. 225. means, decorated
with coate of arms. Sheldes of Brawn are there _in armor_, p. 226.
However, there is such a word as _enorned_. Leland, p. 280. 285. 297.
which approaches nearer.
NOTA. XX.VII. VII.
Pokok and Partruch shul be parboiled. lardid and rosted. and eten
with gyngeuer.
FRY BLAUNCHED. XX.VII. VIII.
Take Almandes blaunched and grynde hem al to doust, do þise in a
thynne foile. close it þerinnne fast. and fry it in Oile. clarifie
hony with Wyne. & bake it þerwith.
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