Loseyns

Lozenges

This recipe taken from Forme of Curye, ab. 1390 A.D. (Page 29r & 29v). The images below are from the original manuscript as digitized by the John Rylands University Library and the 1780 printing edited by Samuel Pegge.

Original Recipe:

Loseyns

Take gode broth & do in an erþenpot, take flor of payndmayn & make þer of past wit water & make þer of thynne foyles as paper wiþ a roller, drye hyt hard & seeþ hyt in broth, take chese ruaynd grated & lay it in disther wiþ poudor douce & lay þer on loseyns ysode as hole as þou myȝt, & aboue poudor & chese and so twycs or þrycs & serue hit forth.

My Translation:

Lozenges

Take good broth and do in an earthenpot, take four of bread and make thereof paste with water and make thereof thin foils as paper with a roller, dry it hard and seethe it in broth, take cheese rowen grated and lay it in dishes with fine powder and lay thereon lozenges boiled as whole a you might and above powder and cheese and so twice or thrice and serve it forth.

My Interpretation:

Bring broth to a boil, place pasta sheets in broth and cook until al dente(see directions if using a package). Divide pasta sheets, cheese and spice powder into thirds. Lightly grease the bottom of a casserole with butter. In casserole layer pasta sheets, grated cheese, then powder douce; repeat until three layers are made. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Let cook for 10-15 minutes before cutting in lozenge (diamond) shape and server.

Notes on the Transcription & Translation:

The original text and transcription preserve the shorthand of writing that was common practice in the late 14^th century. I have taken the liberty of spelling each word fully in my transcription for clarity.

References:

Media Information. Digital image. Gyngener. The John Rylands University Library, Jan. 2009. Web. 18 Jun. 2012. <http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/Man4MedievalVC~4~4~3448~100067:Brewet-of-Almayn?sort=Reference_Number%2CImage_Sequence_Number%2CPage%2CImage_Title>. This is a digitized image of page 67r & 67v of the Forme of Cury housed at The John Rylands University Library in Manchester, England. This codex, written on vellum, dates from the late 14^th century.

Pegge, Samuel, ed. Forme of Cury London: Society of Antiquaries, 1780. The Forme of Cury. Greg Lindahl. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/

Pegge, Samuel. The Forme of Cury. London: J. Nichols, 1780. Google Books. 5 Mar. 2009. Web. 18 June 2012. <http://books.google.com/books?id=L1JAAAAAYAAJ>.

Pegge, Samuel, ed. The Forme of Cury The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forme of Cury, by Samuel Pegge. Project Gutenberg, May 2005. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8102/pg8102.html. This is the transcription of Forme of Cury of the Samuel Pegge edition originally published in 1780.