SC - Another Novice Recipe Challenge

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

Greetings from Tibor.

OK, I'll bite.  This is without benefit of books, or reading other people's
redactions, or Adamantius notes, or anything.  Basically, I'm just faking
it.  (:-)

  From the Forme of Cury, recipe # 189:
  "Benes yfryed. Take benes and see6 hem almost til 6ey bersten. Take and
  wryng out 6e water clene. Do 6erto oynouns ysode and ymynced, and garlec
  6erwith; frye hem in oile o6er in grece, & do 6erto powder douce, &
  serue it forth."

Transliteration:
  "Beans fried.  Take beans and seethe them almost til they burst.
  Take and wring out the water clean.  Do thereto onions sodden and
  minced, and garlic therewith.  Fry them in oil other in grease, and
  do thereto powder douce, and serve it forth."

Modernization:

  "Fried Beans.  Take beans, and boil them until they nearly burst.
  Rinse them with clean water.  Add boiled and minced onions, and
  garlic and fry them in oil or grease.  Add spice powder, and serve."

Could be refried beans, eh?  Could also be something else.  Except: period
beans aren't red or kidney.  Sigh.

I'd love to check surrounding recipes to see what the author thought generic
beans were.  But I cannot.  So, if they can punt on specifics, so can I.
Blindly, I'd just grab garbanzos, as I am sure they appear in that era of
cookery book.

  Boil half a pound of garbanzo beans, until the are soft enough, but
  not yet splitting.  Rinse them to cool, and boil (or if cheating,
  saute) minced onions until they are soft.  Heat the onions, beans and
  some garlic in olive oil (my preferred oil), and add pepper, salt,
  and ginger to taste.  Serve hot.

	Tibor
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