# The Forme of Cury/The Forme of Cury

THE
FORME of CURY.
… fome of cury was compiled of the chef Maist᷒ Cok᷒ of kyng Richard the Secunde kyng of .nglond aftir the Conqueſt. the which was acon̄ted þe beſt and ryalleſt vyand of alle cſtē . yng᷒ and it was cōpiled by aſſent and ​avyſement of Maiſters and phiſik and of philoſophie þaꞇ dwellid in his court. Firſt it techiþ a man for to make cōmune potages and cōmune meetis for howſhold as þey ſhold be made craftly and holſomly. Aftirward it techiþ for to make curious potages & meet᷒ and ſotiltees for alle manē of States bothe hye and lowe. And the techyng of the fōme of making of potages & of meet᷒ bothe of fleſsh and of fiſsh. buth y ſette here by noumbre and by ordre. ſſo þis little table here ſewyng wole teche a man with oute taryyng: to fynde what meete þꞇ hym luſt for to have.
Xplicit tabula.
* ↑ This is a kind of Preamble to the Roll. A space is left for the initial word, intended to be afterwards written in red ink, and preſumed to be Ðis. Fome, the lineola over it being either canſually omitted, or ſince obliterated, means form, written Foume below, and in № 195.
* ↑ Cury. Cookery. We have adopted it in the Title. V Preface.
* ↑ cſtē .ynges. Chriſtian kings. K being to be inſerted afterwards (v. note and) in red ink. Chaucer, v. chriſten.
* ↑ ynglond. E was intended to be prefixed in red ink. Vide Note and.
* ↑ þ. This Saxon letter with the power of th, is unſed almoſt perpetually in our Roll and the Editor's Mſ. Every one may not have adverted to it; but this character is the ground of our preſent abbreviations ye the, yꞇ that, ys this, &c. the y in these caſes being evidently only an altered and more modern way of writing þ.
* ↑ vyānd. This word is to be underſtood in the concrete, quaſi vyander, a curious epicure, an Apicius. V. Preface.
* ↑ and. Read of.
* ↑ Phiſik. V. Preface.
* ↑ Sotiltees. Devices in paſte, wax, and confectionary ware; reviving now, in ſome meaſure, in our grander deſerts. V. Index.
* ↑ buth. Be, or are. V. Index.
* ↑ ſewing. Following; from the French. Hence our enſue written formerly enſew. Skelton, p. 144; and enſiew, Ames Typ. Ant. p, 9.
* ↑ F is omitted for the reaſon given in note 2.
* ↑ № xx. ii.ii. is omitted.
TAKE benes and dry hē ī a noſt or in an Ovene and hulle hē wele and wyndewe out þe hulkꝰ and wayſhe hē clene ā do hē to ſeeþ in gode broth ā ete hē wt Bacon.
Take benes and ſeeþ hē and grynde hem ī a mort̄ and drawe hem up wt gode broth ā do Oynon̄s in the broth grete mynced ā do þꝰ to and colo͛ it with Safron̄ and ſerve it forth.
​For to make grewel forced 11 . hi.
Take grewel and do to the fyre with gode flefsh and feeb it wel. take the lire ‘of Pork and grynd it fmal k and drawe the grewel thurgh a Styno 1 and colo it wip Safron and sue m forth.
Caboches “ in Potage. mi.
Take Caboch and quart he and feeth hem in gode broth with Oynons y mynced and the whyte of Lekes y flyt and corue fmale ° and do b to fafron a fait and force it w powdo douce p .
Rapes i in Potage. v.
Take rapus and make he clene and waifsh lie clene. quare hem r . pboile he. take hem up. call hem in a gode broth and fee]? he. mynce Oynons and call p to
h forced, farced, enriched with flelh. Vide GlolT.
5 lire. Flelh.
k grynd it fraal. Bruife cr beat in a mortar.
1 flyno’. Strainer. m sue. Serve. Vide GlolT. n Caboches. Probably' cabbages.
° corue fmale. Cut fmall. V. i come in Glofl'. p powdo douce. Sweet aromatic powder. V. Pref. q Rapes, or rapus. Turneps.
r quare hem. Cut them in /quarts, or fmall pieces. V. GlolT.
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Take male Marow. hole parade and kerue it rawe. powdo͛ of Gyng͛. zolk᷒ of Ayren̄, dat᷒ mynced. raiſon̄s of coran̄ce. ſalt a lytel. & loke þt þu make þy paſt with zolkes of Ayren. & þat no wat̄ come þ᷒to. and fom̄e þy coffyn. and make up þy paſt.
Eodem mo fait payn puff, but make it more tendre þe paſt. and loke þe paſt be ron̄de of þe payn puf as a coffyn & a pye.
xplicit.
* ↑ Grōnden Benes. Beans ground (y grōnd, as № 27. 53. 105.) ſtript of their hulls. This was a diſh of the poorer houſeholder, as alſo is 4 and 5, and ſome others.
* ↑ a noſt. An oſt, or kiln. Vide Gloſſ. voce Oſt.
* ↑ wyndewe. Winnow.
* ↑ gode broth. Prepared beforehand.
* ↑ mort'. Mortar.
* ↑ drawen hem up. Mix them.
* ↑ grete mynced. Groſsly, not too ſmall.
* ↑ pety ꝑuānt. a paſte; therefore, perhaps, paty: but wu. the latter word.
* ↑ male Marow. Qu.
* ↑ parade. Qu.
* ↑ Payn puff. Contents has, And the pete puant.
* ↑ A blank was left in the original for a large E.
The following Memorandum at the End of the Roll.
"Antiquum hoc monumentum oblatum et miſſum eſt majeſtati veſtræ viceſimo ſeptimo die menſis Julij, anno regno veſtri fæliciſſimi viceſimo viij ab humilimo veſtro ſubdito, veſtræqꝫ majeſtati fideliſſimo
E$^D$ Stafford, Hæres domus ſubverſæ Buckinghamienſ."
N.B. He was Lord Stafford and called Edward.
Edw. D. of Bucks beheaded 1521. 13 H. VIII. :
| Henry, reſtored in blood by H. VIII.; and again 1 Ed. VI. ||||
| Edw. aged 21, | Edw. aged 21, | 1592; | born 1592. 21. ob. 1525. f. 1625. |
| ​ | | 21; | |
| Edw. b. 1600. | Edw. b. 1600. | ——— | |
| | | 1571; | born. |