SC - Poached eggs

[Christina Nevin]

	> Margarite enquired:
	> Is the poaching method of preparing eggs Period? I would
appreciate
	> recipes. I couldn't find anything on this in the Floregium. Thanks
in
	> advance,

There is a rather nice poached egg in custard dish in the Menagier:

Le Menagier de Paris, Translated by Janet Hinson
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Medieval/Cookbooks/Menagier/Menagier.html

Thickened Cow' Milk. Let the milk be carefully chosen, as is told above in
the chapter on thickened meat soups, and let it be boiled to a simmer, then
remove from the fire: then pour slowly into it through a sieve a great
quantity of egg yolks, and then grind a handful of ginger and saffron, and
put them in, and keep it hot by the fire; then have eggs poached in water
and put two or three poached eggs in each bowl, and the milk over them.

The "Medieval Kitchen" translation of this recipe is virtually the same.
There are also these two poached egg soup recipes from the Menagier. The
Green Broth is a popular dish at feasts:

Green Broth of Eggs and Cheese. Take parsley and a little cheese and sage
and a very small amount of saffron, moistened bread, and mix with water left
from cooking peas, or stock, grind and strain: and have ground ginger mixed
with wine, and put on to boil; then add cheese and eggs poached in water,
and let it be a bright green. Item, some do not add bread, but instead of
bread use bacon.

German Broth of Eggs Poached in Oil.[66] Then take almonds and peel them,
grind and sieve: slice up onions, and let them be cooked in water, then fry
in oil, and put all to boil; then grind ginger, cinnamon, clove and a little
saffron mixed with verjuice, and finally add your spices to the soup, and
boil till it bubbles, and let it be very thick and not too yellow.
[66]There is without a doubt missing here "poach eggs in oil". (JP)

Al Vostro e al Servizio del Sogno
Lucretzia

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