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
Nym swynys fet and eyr [1] and make hem clene and seth hem alf wyth
wyn and half wyth water cast mycyd onyons thereto and god spicis and
wan they be ysodyn nym and rosty hem in a grydere wan it is yrostyd
kest thereto of the selve broth hy lyed wyth amydoun and anyeyd
onyons [2] and serve yt forth.
[1] To be understood plurally, _Ears_.
[2] Miswritten for _mycyd_, i. e. minced onyons.
XLV. FOR TO MAKE BUKKENADE [1].
Nym god fresch flesch wat maner so yt be and hew yt in smale morselys
and seth yt wyth gode fresch buf and cast thereto gode mynced onyons
and gode spicerye and alyth [2] wyth eyryn and boyle and dresse yt
forth.
[1] Vide No. 52.
[2] Stiffen, thicken it. See No. 44. where _lyed_ has that sense. See
also 46.
XLVI. FOR TO MAKE SPINE [1].
Nym the flowrys of the haw thorn clene gaderyd and bray hem al to
dust and temper hem wyth Almaunde mylk and aly yt wyth amydoun and
wyth eyryn wel rykke [2] and boyle it and messe yt forth and flowrys
and levys abovyn on [3].
[1] This dish, no doubt, takes its name from _Spina_, of which it is
made.
[2] Read, þykke, _thykke_.
[3] It means _laid upon it_.
XLVII. FOR TO MAKE ROSEE [1] AND FRESEE AND SWAN SCHAL BE YMAD IN THE
SELVE MANER.
Nym pyggus and hennys and other maner fresch flesch and hew yt in
morselys and seth yt in wyth wyn and [2] gyngyner and galyngale and
gelofre and canel [3] and bray yt wel and kest thereto and alye yt
wyth amydoun other wyth flowr of rys.
[1] Vide No. 41.
[2] Perhaps, _in wyn with_.
[3] Cinamon. Vide Gloss.
XLVIII. FOR TO MAKE AN AMENDEMENT FORMETE THAT YS TO [1] SALT AND
OVER MYCHYL.
Nym etemele and bynd yt in a fayr lynnen clowt and lat yt honge in
the pot so that yt thowche nozt the bottym and lat it hongy thereynne
a god wyle and seþh [2] set yt fro the fyre and let yt kele and yt
schal be fresch ynow wythoute any other maner licowr ydo thereto.
[1] id est, _too_.
[2] Read, seth, i.e. then.
XLIX. FOR TO MAKE RAPY [1].
Tak Fygys and reysyns and wyn and grynd hem togeder tak and draw hem
thorw a cloth and do thereto powder of Alkenet other of rys and do
thereto a god quantite of pepir and vyneger and boyle it togeder and
messe yt and serve yt forth.
[1] Vide Part II. No. 1. 28.
L. FOR TO MAKE AN EGGE DOWS [1].
Tak Almaundys and mak god mylk and temper wyth god wyneger clene tak
reysynys and boyle hem in clene water and tak the reysynis and tak
hem owt of the water and boyle hem wyth mylk and zyf thow wyl colowr
yt wyth safron and serve yt forth.
[1] Vide ad Part II. No. 21. There are no eggs concerned, so no doubt
it should be _Eger Dows_. Vide Gloss.
LI. FOR TO MAKE A MALLARD IN CYNEY [1].
Tak a mallard and pul hym drye and swyng over the fyre draw hym but
lat hym touche no water and hew hym in gobettys and do hym in a pot
of clene water boyle hem wel and tak onyons and boyle and bred and
pepyr and grynd togedere and draw thorw a cloth temper wyth wyn and
boyle yt and serve yt forth.
[1] See No. 8.
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