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
Schul be sodyn and hakkyd in gobbettys and grynd gyngynyr galyngale
and canel. and temper it up with god almand mylk and boyle it and nym
macys and clowys and kest [2] therin and the conynggis also and salt
hym [3] and serve it forthe.
[1] Rabbits.
[2] Cast.
[3] _it_, or perhaps _hem_.
XI. FOR TO MAKE A COLYS [1].
Nym hennys and schald hem wel. and seth hem after and nym the lyre
and hak yt smal and bray it with otyn grotys in a morter and with
wyte bred and temper it up wyth the broth Nym the grete bonys and
grynd hem al to dust and kest hem al in the broth and mak it thorw a
clothe and boyle it and serve it forthe.
[1] Cullis. V. Preface.
XII. FOR TO MAKE NOMBLES [1].
Nym the nomblys of the venysoun and wasch hem clene in water and salt
hem and seth hem in tweye waterys grynd pepyr bred and ale and temper
it wyth the secunde brothe and boyle it and hak the nomblys and do
theryn and serve it forthe.
[1] Umbles.
XIII. FOR TO MAKE BLANCHE BREWET DE ALYNGYN.
Nym kedys [1] and chekenys and hew hem in morsellys and seth hem in
almand mylk or in kyne mylke grynd gyngyner galingale and cast therto
and boyle it and serve it forthe.
[1] Kids.
XIV. FOR TO MAKE BLOMANGER [1].
Nym rys and lese hem and wasch hem clene and do thereto god almande
mylk and seth hem tyl they al to brest and than lat hem kele and nym
the lyre of the hennyn or of capouns and grynd hem smal kest therto
wite grese and boyle it Nym blanchyd almandys and safroun and set
hem above in the dysche and serve yt forthe.
[1] Blanc-manger. See again, No. 33, 34. II. No. 7. Chaucer writes it
_Blankmanger_.
XV. FOR TO MAKE AFRONCHEMOYLE [1].
Nym eyren wyth al the wyte and myse bred and schepys [2] talwe as
gret as dyses [3] grynd peper and safroun and cast therto and do hit
in the schepis wombe seth it wel and dresse it forthe of brode leches
thynne.
[1] Frenchemulle d'un mouton. A sheeps call, or kell. Cotgrave.
Junius, v. _Moil_, says, "a French moile Chaucero est cibus
delicatior, a dish made of marrow and grated bread."
[2] Sheep's fat.
[3] dice; square bits, or bits as big as dice.
XVI. FOR TO MAKE BRYMEUS.
Nym the tharmys [1] of a pygge and wasch hem clene in water and salt
and seth hem wel and than hak hem smale and grynd pepyr and safroun
bred and ale and boyle togedere Nym wytys of eyrynn and knede it
wyth flour and mak smal pelotys [2] and fry hem with wyte grees and
do hem in disches above that othere mete and serve it forthe.
[1] Rops, guts, puddings
[2] Balls, pellets, from the French _pelote._
XVII. FOR TO MAKE APPULMOS [1].
Nym appelyn and seth hem and lat hem kele and make hem thorw a clothe
and on flesch dayes kast therto god fat breyt [2] of Bef and god wyte
grees and sugar and safroun and almande mylk on fysch dayes oyle de
olyve and gode powdres [3] and serve it forthe.
[1] See No. 35.
[2] Breth, i. e. broth. See No. 58.
[3] Spices ground small. See No. 27, 28. 35. 58. II. No. 4. 17. or
perhaps of Galingale. II. 20. 24.
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