SC - Lamb recipes

[Valoise Armstrong]

Bear,
according to the Deutsches Woerterbuch, _schaub_ can also be used for
straw that does not come in the form of scheaves ("_schaub_ für 'stroh'
überhaupt, als stoffbezeichnung"; 14, 2296). In addition, the use of the
indefinite article for a certain quantity of something is well attested
too. Looking at a similar passage in the Buch von guter Speise, I find:
"vnd lege ez vf reine stro" (Rez. #39)
'and put it onto clean straw'

Thus, could it be, that one must lay the cloth on some straw (no
sheaves) so that the liquid gets through the cloth more easily?

Th.
(_semel melwe_ is fine, white flour, esp. from wheat; what exactly is
semolina flour?)