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[Brenna]

Sianon quotes a recipe for Payn Ragoun and asked what "thriddendele" meant.
That question having been answered by several people (1/3 part), I thought
you might like to see a related recipe we have worked out.  Ours calls
itself a pynade but actually uses almonds; and it is spiced with radishes
(presumably a cheap way of getting things spicy, since radishes don't have
to be imported).  This version is actually Cariadoc's work, not mine--he is
the one who does candy.

>Payne Ragoun.
>(Curye on Inglysch)
>
>Take hony and sugur cipre and clarifie it togydre, and boile it with esy
>fyre, and kepe it wel fro brenyng. And whan it hath yboiled a while, take
>up a drope therof with thy fyngur and do it in a litel water, and loke if
>it hong togydre; and take it fro the fyre and do therto pynes the
>thriddendele & powdour gyngeuer, and stere it togyder til it bigynne to
>thik, and cast it on a wete table; lesh it and serue it forth with fryed
>mete, on flessh dayes or on fisshe dayes.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions
>-A stumped Sianan
>
Pynade
Curye on Inglysch p. 79 (Diuersa Servicia no. 91)

For to make a pynade, tak hony and rotys of radich & grynd yt smal in a
morter, & do to (th)at hony a quantite of broun sugur. Tak powder of peper
& safroun & almandys, & do al togedere. Boyl hem long & held yt on a wet
bord & let yt kele, & messe yt & do yt forth.

1/2 c honey	1/2 c brown sugar	10 threads saffron
4 radishes = 2 1/2 oz	1/2 t pepper	1 c slivered almonds

Cut radish up small, put it in the spice grinder (a miniature blender) with
1/4 c honey or in a mortar and grind small. Slightly crush the almonds. Mix
all ingredients in a small pot. Simmer, stirring, until candy thermometer
reaches between 250° and 270°. Dump out in spoonfuls onto a greased marble
slab or a wet cutting board--the latter works if you have gotten up to 270°
but sticks at 250°. Let it cool.

I got it to 270° without serious scorching by stirring continuously near
the end. When it cools fully, the 250° is firm but chewable, the 270°
between chewable and crunchy.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook


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