The Forme of Cury - A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 by Samuel Pegge
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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. |
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