p 118 No 91
Fygey. Take almaundes blaunched; grynde hem and
draw hem vp with water and wyne, quarter fyges,
hole raisouns. Cast (th)erto powder gynger and
honey clarified; see(th) it wel & salt it, & serue forth.
In Modern English:
Figgy. Take blanched almonds, grind them and put
them in water and wine, quarter figs and raisons.
Cast therto powdered ginger and clarified honey.
Boil it well and salt it. Serve it forth.
For the season, here's figgy pudding. Put all the first
ingredients together. I use more wine than water, but
you don't have to. I cover the fruits and nuts with liquid.
I put in about 1T of ginger for a medium sausepan full
of stuff and about 3T of honey. Adjust this to your taste.
Heat it thoroughly and bring to boil. You will get out most
of the liquid and it will be very thick. Watch it closely.
Add a dash of salt when done.
p112 No. 65
Connynges in cyrip. Take connynges and see(th) hem wel
in good broth. Take wyne greke and do (th)erto with a
porcioun of vynegar and flour of canel, hoole clowes,
quybibes hoole, and o(th)er gode spices, with raisouns
courance and gyngeyuer ypared and ymynced. Take vp the
connynges and smyte hem on pecys and cast hem in to the
siryppe, and see(th) hem a litel in fere, and serue it forth.
Coneys in syrup. Take conneys and boil them well in good broth.
Take wine (a sweet heavy red wine called -greek-) and put
in it some vinegar, cinnamon, whole cloves, whole quibbebs,
other good spices, raisons or currants and peeled minced
ginger. Divide the hares into pieces and put them in the syrup,
boil them a bit and serve it forth.
Author: Black Tauna blktauna@shawstudios.com Last Updated: 1-12 1996