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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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