Part 26 (2/2)

[Sidenote: Poached-egg (?) fritters are best. Tansey is good hot.

Don't eat Leessez.]

++O Frutur{e} viant[102] / Frutur sawge,[102] byn good / bett{ur} is Frut{ur} powche;[102]

Appull{e} frutur{e}[103] / is good hoot / but e cold ye not towche.

Tansey[104] is good hoot / els cast it not in your{e} clowche.

all{e} man{er} of leesse?[105] / ye may forber{e} / herber{e} in yow none sowche. 504

_Len-voy_

[Sidenote: Cooks are always inventing new dishes that tempt people and endanger their lives:]

{ Cook{es} w{i}t{h} eir{e} newe co{n}ceyt{es}, choppyng{e} / stampyng{e}, & gryndyng{e}, { Many new curies / all{e} day ey ar co{n}tryvyng{e} & Fyndyng{e} { {a}t p{ro}voketh{e} e peple to p{er}ell{es} of pa.s.sage / rou? peyne soor{e} pyndyng{e}, { & rou? nice excesse of suche receyt{es} / of e life to make a endyng{e}. 508

[Sidenote: Syrups Comedies, Jellies, that stop the bowels.]

{ Some w{i}t{h} Sireppis[106] / Sawces / Sewes,[107] and soppes,[108]

{ Comedies / Cawdell{es}[109] cast in Cawdrons / ponnes, or pottes, { leesses / Ielies[110] / Fruturs / fried mete at stoppes { and distempereth{e} all{e} e body, bothe bak, bely, & roppes:[111] 512

[Sidenote: Some dishes are prepared with unclarified honey.

Cow-heels and Calves' feet are sometimes mixed with unsugared leches and Jellies.]

{ Some man{er} cury of Cooke{s} crafft Sotelly y haue espied, { how eir{e} dischmet{es} ar dressid w{i}t{h} hony not claryfied.

{ Cow heelis / and Calves fete / ar der{e} y-bou?t some tide { To medill{e} among{e} leeches[112] & Ielies / whan sug{er} shall{e} syt a-side. 516

[Headnote: POTAGES.]

Potages.[113]

[Sidenote: Furmity with venison, mortrewes,]

++Wortus w{i}t{h} an henne / Cony / beef, or els an haar{e}, [Fol. 178b.]

Frumenty[114] w{i}t{h} venesou{n} / pesyn w{i}t{h} bakon, long{e} wort{es} not spar{e}; Gr{ow}ell{e} of force[115] / Gravell{e} of beeff[116] / or motou{n}, haue ye no car{e}; Gely, mortrows[117] / creyme of almond{es}, e mylke[118] {er}-of is good fare. 520

[Sidenote: jussell, &c., are good. Other out-of-the-way soups set aside.]

Iussell{e}[119], tartlett[120], cabag{es}[121], & nombles[122] of vennur{e},[A]

all{e} ese potages ar good and sur{e} of o{er} sewes & potages {a}t ar not made by natur{e}, all{e} Suche siropis sett a side your{e} heer{e} to endur{e}. 524

[Text note: The long _r_ and curl for _e_ in the MS. look like f, as if for vennuf.]

[Sidenote: Such is a flesh feast in the English way.]

++Now, son, y haue yow shewid somewhat of myne avise, e service of a flesch{e} feest folowyng{e} englondis gise; Forgete ye not my loor{e} / but looke ye ber{e} good y?es vppon our co{n}nyng{e} kervers: now haue y told yow twise. 528

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