[Sca-cooks] Bukkenade, from Forme of Cury-a Smile

[Wanda Pease]

Bukkenade - XVII in Forme of Cury  (English, 1390)
Take Henn or Conyng or Veel or other Flessh and hewe hem to gobett waische
it
and hit well.

Modern version:
Take chicken or rabbit or veal or other flesh and cut it into small pieces,
wash it, and hit (something - a word seems to be missing, unless you are
supposed to beat it) well.

Darn!  Don't you hate it when the medieval recipe takes all the creativity
out of cooking.  There it goes Specifying (!) the meat you have to use!  No
room to adjust for tastes, what you have on hand, or anything!  Same with
the herbs! ;-)

	Seriously, could "hit" mean to pound as in tenderize?  The rabbit (wild) my
brothers used to bring home needed tenderizing a bit before cooking.  Of
course my mother (not the best cook in town) tended to fry them which didn't
help.

Regina Romsey