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
Tak water and do it in a panne to the fyre and lat yt sethe and after
tak eggs and brek hem and cast hem in the water and after tak a chese
and kerf yt on fowr partins and cast in the water and wanne the chese
and the eggys ben wel sodyn tak hem owt of the water and wasch hem in
clene water and tak wastel breed and temper yt wyth mylk of a kow.
and after do yt over the fyre and after forsy yt wyth gyngener and
wyth cornyn and colowr yt wyth safroun and lye yt wyth eggys and oyle
the sewe wyth Boter and kep wel the chese owt and dresse the sewe and
dymo [1] eggys thereon al ful and kerf thy chese in lytyl schyms and
do hem in the sewe wyth eggys and serve yt forthe.
[1] Perhaps, _do mo_, i.e. put more.
XXXIX. FOR TO MAKE COMYN.
Tak god Almaunde mylk and lat yt boyle and do ther'in amydoun wyth
flowr of Rys and colowr yt wyth safroun and after dresse yt wyth
graynis of Poungarnetts [1] other wyth reysens zyf thow hast non
other and tak sugur and do theryn and serve it forthe.
[1] Vide No. 27.
XIV. For to make Fruturs [1].
Tak crommys [2] of wyte bred and the flowris of the swete Appyltre
and zolkys of Eggys and bray hem togedere in a morter and temper yt
up wyth wyte wyn and mak yt to sethe and wan yt is thykke do thereto
god spicis of gyngener galyngale canel and clowys gelofre and serve
yt forth;
[1] Fritters.
[2] Crumbs.
XLI. For to make Rosee [1].
Tak the flowris of Rosys and wasch hem wel in water and after bray
hem wel in a morter and than tak Almondys and temper hem and seth hem
and after tak flesch of capons or of hennys and hac yt smale and than
bray hem wel in a morter and than do yt in the Rose [2] so that the
flesch acorde wyth the mylk and so that the mete be charchaunt and
after do yt to the fyre to boyle and do thereto sugur and safroun
that yt be wel ycolowrd and rosy of levys and of the forseyde flowrys
and serve yt forth.
[1] Vide No. 47.
[2] i.e. Rosee.
XLII. FOR TO MAKE POMMEDORRY [1].
Tak Buff and hewe yt smal al raw and cast yt in a morter and grynd yt
nozt to smal tak safroun and grynd therewyth wan yt ys grounde tak
the wyte of the eyryn zyf yt be nozt styf. Cast into the Buf pouder
of Pepyr olde resyns and of coronse set over a panne wyth fayr water
and mak pelotys of the Buf and wan the water and the pelots ys wel
yboylyd and [2] set yt adoun and kele yt and put yt on a broche and
rost yt and endorre yt wyth zolkys of eyryn and serve yt forthe.
[1] Vide No. 58.
[2] dele _and_.
XLIII. FOR TO MAKE LONGE DE BUF [1].
Nym the tonge of the rether [2] and schalde and schawe [3] yt wel and
rizt clene and seth yt and sethe nym a broche [4] and larde yt wyth
lardons and wyth clowys and gelofre and do it rostyng and drop yt wel
yt rostyd [5] wyth zolkys of eyrin and dresse it forthe.
[1] Neat's Tongue. _Make_ signifies _to dress_, as II. 12.
[2] The ox or cow. Lye in Jun. Etymolog. v. _Rother_.
[3] Shave, scrape.
[4] A larding-pin.
[5] Pehaps, _wyle it rostyth_.
XLIV. FOR TO MAKE REW DE RUMSY.
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