SC - Food and Feast in Tudor England?

[Mary Morman]

>Does anybody know of documentation for the practice of sewing different
>bits of animals together, or is it just folklore?
>
>Charles Ragnar

Hello!  Harleian MS 279, Leche Vyaundez, recipe #28 for Cokyntryce, and
Douce Ms.55, #3 Cokentrice.  Both sew the fore part of a capon to the hind
part of a pig, & vice versa, to produce 2 beasties.  (Recipes can be found
on pages 573-4 of V.2, Take 1000 Eggs or More.)

HTH,


Cindy Renfrow
renfrow at skylands.net
Author & Publisher of "Take a Thousand Eggs or More, A Collection of 15th
Century Recipes" and "A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing
Recipes"
http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/


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