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 þere þridde part of sowre Dokkes and flour þerto. & bete it
togeder tyl it be as towh as eny lyme. cast þerto salt. & do it in a
disshe holke [2] in þe bothom, and let it out wiþ þy finger
queynchche [3] in a chowfer [4] wiþ oile. & frye it wel. and whan it
is ynowhz: take it out and cast þerto suger &c.
[1] Nysebek. Qu.
[2] holke. Qu. hollow.
[3] queynchche. an _queyntlich'_, as No. 162.
[4] Chowfer. chaffing dish, as No. 162.
FOR TO MAKE POMME DORRYLE [1] AND OÞER ÞNGES. XX.VIII. XIIII.
Take þe lire of Pork rawe. and grynde it smale. medle it up wiþ
powdre fort, safroun, and salt, and do þerto Raisouns of Coraunce,
make balles þerof. and wete it wele in white of ayrenn. & do it to
seeþ in boillyng water. take hem up and put hem on a spyt. rost hem
wel and take parsel ygronde and wryng it up with ayren & a party of
flour. and lat erne [2] aboute þe spyt. And if þou wilt, take for
parsel safroun, and serue it forth.
[1] Pomme dorryle. Contents, _pom dorryes_, rectè, for MS. Ed. 42,
has _Pommedorry_; and see No. 177. So named from the _balls_ and _the
gilding_. "Pommes dorées, golden apples." Cotgrave. _Poundorroye_.
MS. Ed. 58; but vide _Dorry_ in Gloss.
[2] erne. Qu.
COTAGRES [1]. XX.VIII. XV.
Take and make þe self fars [2]. but do þerto pynes and sugur. take an
hole rowsted cok, pulle hym [3] & hylde [4] hym al togyder saue þe
legges. take a pigg and hilde [5] hym fro þe myddes dounward, fylle
him ful of þe fars & sowe hym fast togider. do hym in a panne & seeþ
hym wel. and whan þei bene isode: do hem on a spyt & rost it wele.
colour it with zolkes of ayren and safroun, lay þeron foyles [6] of
gold and of siluer. and serue hit forth.
[1] Cotagres. This is a sumptuous dish. Perhaps we should read
_Cokagres_, from the _cock_ and _grees_, or wild pig, therein used. V.
_vyne grace_ in Gloss.
[2] self fars. Same as preceding Recipe.
[3] pulle hym, i.e. in pieces.
[4] hylde. cast.
[5] hilde. skin.
[6] foyles. leaves; of Laurel or Bay, suppose; gilt and silvered
for ornament.
HERT ROWEE [1]. XX.VIII. XVI.
Take þer mawe of þe grete Swyne. and fyfe oþer sex of pigges mawe.
fyll hem full of þe self fars. & sowe hem fast, perboile hem. take
hem up & make smale prews [2] of gode past and frye hem. take þese
prews yfryed & seeþ [3] hem þicke in þe mawes on þe fars made after
[4] an urchoun withoute legges. put hem on a spyt & roost hem &
colour hem with safroun & messe hem forth.
[1] Hert rowee. Contents, _Hart rows_; perhaps from _heart_.
[2] prews. Qu. V. in Gloss.
[3] seeþ. There is a fault here; it means stick.
[4] after, i. e. like.
POTEWS [1]. XX.VIII. XVII.
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