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The Forme of Cury (The Method of Cooking, cury from Old French queuerie, 'cookery') [2] is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes.Although the original manuscript is lost, the text appears in nine manuscripts, the most famous in the form of a scroll with a headnote citing it as the work of "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II".
A 1998 attempt to recreate medieval English "strong ale" using recipes and techniques of the era (albeit with the use of modern yeast strains) yielded a strongly alcoholic brew with original gravity of 1.091 (corresponding to a potential alcohol content over 9%) and "pleasant, apple-like taste". [98]
Le Viandier is one of the earliest and best-known recipe collections of the Middle Ages, along with the Latin-language Liber de Coquina (early 14th century, believed to contain recipes from France and Italy), the Catalan Llibre de Sent Soví (c. 1320), and the English The Forme of Cury (c. 1390).
Medieval cuisine; Le Viandier – a recipe collection generally credited to Guillaume Tirel, c 1300; The Forme of Cury – a royal collection of medieval English recipes of the 14th century, influenced by the Liber de Coquina; Apicius – a collection of Roman cookery recipes
Frumentee is served with venison at a banquet in the mid-14th century North Midlands poem Wynnere and Wastoure: "Venyson with the frumentee, and fesanttes full riche / Baken mete therby one the burde sett", i.e. in modern English, "Venison with the frumenty and pheasants full rich; baked meat by it on the table set". [6]
Pottage was a staple of the medieval English diet. During the Middle Ages it was usually made with wheat, barley, or oats. In Middle English , thick pottages ( stondyng ) made with cereals , kidneys, shredded meat, sometimes thickened with egg yolks and bread crumbs were called by various names like brewet , egerdouce , mortrew , mawmenee ...
A cheese and pasta casserole known as makerouns was recorded in the 14th-century medieval English cookbook the Forme of Cury. [7] It was made with fresh, hand-cut pasta which was sandwiched between a mixture of melted butter and cheese, the recipe comparing it to losyns, a dish similar to lasagne. The recipe given (in Middle English) was:
Medieval cuisine; Le Viandier – a recipe collection generally credited to Guillaume Tirel, c 1300; Liber de Coquina – (The book of cooking/cookery) is one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. The Forme of Cury – (Method of Cooking, cury being from Middle French cuire: to cook) is an extensive collection of medieval English recipes of the ...