[Sca-cooks] Strawberye

[Daniel Myers]

More information on this.  On looking at the other references for
strawberries in TFCCB, I find the following (heavily edited):

Daryoles. Take wyne & Fressche brothe, [...] & strawberys in tyme of
ere, & put [...]

Darioles. Take Wyne, an Freyssche brothe, [...] & Strawberys in tyme of
ere, & sette the cofyns [...]

Dariolles. Take wyne and fress brot, [...] and myced dates And
streberies, if hit be in time of yere, and sette [...]

This makes it look like "strawberries in time of year" look like a
stock phrase - meaning "strawberries, if you can get them".  This makes
me suspect that the "wash them" is not connected to the "in good red
wine" and is probably another "stock phrase".

So the recipe for Strawberye might translate to something more like:
"Take washed strawberries in good red wine and strain through a cloth.
Then put it in a pot with good almond milk...."

In which case the strawberries are marinated in wine and then strained
- presumably to remove the seeds.  Here red wine would be retained and
would be more prominent in the final dish (which I still think would be
pudding like, but I'll have to try it out and see).

- Doc


--
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
  Edouard Halidai  (Daniel Myers)
  http://www.medievalcookery.com/
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-