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
FRYTOUR OF PASTERNAKES OF APPLES [1]. XX.VII. IX.
Take skyrwater and pasternakes and apples, & parboile hem, make a
batour of flour and ayrenn, cast þerto ale. safroun & salt. wete hem
in þe batour and frye hem in oile or in grece. do þerto Almaund Mylk.
& serue it forth.
[1] Frytour, &c. Contents has only, _Frytours of Pasternakes_. N. B.
_Frytour_ is _Fritter_.
FRYTOUR OF MYLKE. XX.VII. X.
Take of cruddes [1] and presse out þe wheyze [2]. do þerto sum whyte
of ayrenn. fry hem. do þerto. & lay on sugur and messe forth.
[1] Cruddes. Curds, per metathesin.
[2] wheyze. whey.
FRYTOUR OF ERBES. XX.VII. XI.
Take gode erbys. grynde hem and medle [1] hem with flour and water &
a lytel zest and salt, and frye hem in oyle. and ete hem with clere
hony.
[1] medle. mix.
RASYOLS [1]. XX.VII. XII.
Take swyne lyuoers and seeþ hem wel. take brede & grate it. and take
zolkes of ayrenn. & make hit sowple [2] and do þerto a lytull of lard
carnoun lyche a dee [3]. chese gratyd [4] & whyte grece. powdour
douce & of gyngur & wynde it to balles [5] as grete as apples. take
þe calle of þe swyne & cast euere [6] by hym self þerin. Make a Crust
in a trape [7]. and lay þe ball þerin & bake it. and whan þey buth
ynowz: put þerin a layour of ayrenn with powdour fort and Safroun.
and serue it forth.
[1] Rasyols. Rasiowls, Contents. Qu. the etymen.
[2] sowple. supple.
[3] carnoun lyche a dee. Cut like dice, diced. Fr. _De_; singular of
_Dice_.
[4] gratyd. grated. _igrated_, No. 153.
[5] wynde it to balles, make it into Balls.
[6] euere. each.
[7] trape. pan, or dish. French.
WHYTE MYLATES [1]. XX.VII. XIII.
Take Ayrenn and wryng hem thurgh a cloth. take powdour fort, brede
igrated, & safroun, & cast þerto a gode quantite of vynegur with a
litull salt, medle all yfere. make a foile in a trape & bake it wel
þerinne. and serue it forth.
[1] Mylates. Contents, _Milates_; but 155 as here. Qu.
CRUSTARDES [1] OF FLESSH. XX.VII. XIIII.
Take peiouns [2], chykens, and smale briddes smyte hem in gobettes.
& seeþ hem alle ifere in god broþ wiþ veriaws [3] do þerto safroun,
make a crust in a trape. and pynche it. & cowche þe flessh þerinne. &
cast þerinne Raisouns coraunce. powdour douce and salt. breke ayrenn
and wryng hem thurgh a cloth & swyng þe sewe of þe stewe þerwith
and helde it [4] uppon the flessh. couere it & bake it wel. and serue
it forth.
[1] Crustards. Pies.
[2] peiouns. pigeons. V. ad No. 48.
[3] veriaws. Verjuice.
[4] helde it. pour, cast.
MYLATES OF PORK. XX.VII. XV.
Hewe Pork al to pecys and medle it with ayrenn & chese igrated. do
þerto powdour fort safroun & pyneres [1] with salt, make a crust in a
trape, bake it wel þerinne, and serue it forth.
[1] pyneres. Vide Pref.
CRUSTARDES OF FYSSHE. XX.VII. XVI.
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