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 loches, laumprouns, and Eelis. smyte hem on pecys, and stewe hem
wiþ Almaund Mylke and verions, frye the loches in oile as tofore. and
lay þe fissh þerinne. cast þeron powdour fort powdour douce. with
raysons coraunce & prunes damysyns. take galyntyn and þe sewe þerinne,
and swyng it togyder and cast in the trape. & bake it and serue it
forth.
CRUSTARDES OF EERBIS [1] ON FYSSH DAY. XX.VII. XVII.
Take gode Eerbys and grynde hem smale with wallenotes pyked clene. a
grete portioun. lye it up almost wiþ as myche verions as water. seeþ
it wel with powdour and Safroun withoute Salt. make a crust in a
trape and do þe fyssh þerinne unstewed wiþ a litel oile & gode
Powdour. whan it is half ybake do þe sewe þerto & bake it up. If þou
wilt make it clere of Fyssh seeþ ayrenn harde. & take out þe zolkes &
grinde hem with gode powdours. and alye it up with gode stewes [2]
and serue it forth.
[1] Erbis. Rather _Erbis and Fissh_.
[2] stewes. V. No. 170.
LESSHES [1] FRYED IN LENTON [2]. XX.VII. XVIII.
Drawe a thick almaunde Mylke wiþ water. take dates and pyke hem clene
with apples and peeres & mynce hem with prunes damysyns. take out þe
stones out of þe prunes. & kerue the prunes a two. do þerto Raisouns
sugur. flour of canel. hoole macys and clowes. gode powdours & salt.
colour hem up with saundres. meng þise with oile, make a coffyn as
þou didest bifore & do þis Fars [3] þerin. and bake it wel and serue
it forth.
[1] Leshes. V. Leche Lumbard in Gloss.
[2] lenton. Lentoun, Contents, i. e. Lent.
[3] Fars. Vide Gloss.
WASTELS YFARCED. XX.VII. XIX.
Take a Wastel and hewe out þe crummes. take ayrenn & shepis talow &
þe crummes of þe same Wastell powdour fort & salt with Safroun and
Raisouns coraunce. & medle alle þise yfere & do it in þe Wastel.
close it & bynde it fast togidre. and seeþ it wel.
SAWGE YFARCED. XX.VIII.
Take sawge. grynde it and temper it up with ayrenn. a saweyster [1] &
kerf hym to gobettes and cast it in a possynet. and do þerwiþ grece &
frye it. Whan it is fryed ynowz cast þerto sawge with ayren make it
not to harde. cast þerto powdour douce, messe it forth. If it be in
Ymber day; take sauge butter & ayrenn. and lat it stonde wel by þe
sause [2], & serue it forth.
[1] saweyster. Qu.
[2] stonde wel by the sause. Become thick with the sawce.
SAWGEAT [1]. XX.VIII. I.
Take Pork and seeþ it wel and grinde it smale and medle it wiþ ayren
& brede. ygrated. do þerto powdour fort and safroun with pyner & salt.
take & close litull Balles in foiles [2] of sawge. wete it with a
batour of ayren & fry it. & serue it forth.
[1] Sawgeat. So named from the Sage, or _Sawge_
[2] foiles. leaves.
CRYSPES [1]. XX.VIII. II.
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