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
[1] Quære the meaning.
[2] Pomegranates. V. No. 39.
[3] Not clove-gilliflowers, but _cloves_. See No. 30, 31, 40.
[4] See No. 17, note [3].
XXVIII. FOR TO MAKE CAPONS IN CASSELYS.
Nym caponys and schald hem nym a penne and opyn the skyn at the hevyd
[1] and blowe hem tyl the skyn ryse from the flesshe and do of the
skyn al hole and seth the lyre of Hennyn and zolkys of heyryn and god
powder and make a Farsure [2] and fil ful the skyn and parboyle yt
and do yt on a spete and rost yt and droppe [3] yt wyth zolkys of
eyryn and god powder rostyng and nym the caponys body and larde yt
and roste it and nym almaunde mylk and amydoun [4] and mak a batur
and droppe the body rostyng and serve yt forthe.
[1] Head. Sax. [Anglo-Saxon: heofod] and [Anglo-Saxon: hevod], hence
our _Head_.
[2] stuffing.
[3] baste.
[4] Vide Gloss.
XXIX. FOR TO MAKE THE BLANK SURRY [1].
Tak brann [2] of caponys other of hennys and the thyes [3] wythowte
the skyn and kerf hem smal als thou mayst and grynd hem smal in a
morter and tak mylk of Almaundys and do yn the branne and grynd hem
thanne togedere and and seth hem togeder' and tak flour of rys other
amydoun and lye it that yt be charchant and do therto sugur a god
parti and a party of wyt grees and boyle yt and wan yt ys don in
dyschis straw upon blank poudere and do togedere blank de sury and
manmene [4] in a dysch and serve it forthe.
[1] Vide _Blank Desire_ in Gloss.
[2] Perhaps _brawn_, the brawny part. See No. 33, and the Gloss.
[3] Thighs.
[4] See the next number. Quære _Mawmeny_.
XXX. FOR TO MAKE MANMENE [1].
Tak the thyys [2] other the flesch of the caponys fede [3] hem and
kerf hem smal into a morter and tak mylk of Almandys wyth broth of
fresch Buf and do the flesch in the mylk or in the broth and do yt to
the fyre and myng yt togedere wyth flour of Rys othere of wastelys
als charchaut als the blank de sure and wyth the zolkys of eyryn for
to make it zelow and safroun and wan yt ys dressyd in dysches wyth
blank de sure straw upon clowys of gelofre [4] and straw upon powdre
of galentyn and serve yt forthe.
[1] Vide Number 29, and the Gloss.
[2] Thighs.
[3] Quære.
[4] See No. 27, note [3].
XXXI. FOR TO MAKE BRUET OF ALMAYNE.
Tak Partrichys rostyd and checonys and qualys rostyd and larkys ywol
and demembre the other and mak a god cawdel and dresse the flesch in
a dysch and strawe powder of galentyn therupon. styk upon clowys of
gelofre and serve yt forthe.
XXXII. FOR RO MAKE BRUET OF LOMBARDYE.
Tak chekenys or hennys or othere flesch and mak the colowre als red
as any blod and tak peper and kanel and gyngyner bred [1] and grynd
hem in a morter and a porcion of bred and mak that bruer thenne and
do that flesch in that broth and mak hem boyle togedere and stury it
wel and tak eggys and temper hem wyth Jus of Parcyle and wryng hem
thorwe a cloth and wan that bruet is boylyd do that therto and meng
tham togedere wyth fayr grees so that yt be fat ynow and serve yt
forthe.
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