[Sca-cooks] Re: Chickens in Hochee

[rbbtslyr]

It is the ancestor of the military term "Mess" it means to serve I looked it up and there is a good on line page I came across called the "Good Cooking Ring" that has a glossary and receipes from the Middle Arges and conversions for modern Kitchens.  Mess is to Serve so it means to "Serve him and cast the powder? down" 


Kirk 

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sheila McClune 
  To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:12 PM
  Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Chickens in Hochee


  On May 31, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

  >>    
  >>
  >>>If I'd left the chicken in the broth that long, it would fall apart
  >>>(as it was, I had a hard time getting it out of the pot), which
  >>>would rather defeat the purpose of stuffing it, I'd think. So I'm
  >>>back to wondering how the garlic and the chicken are done through
  >>>at the same time.
  >>>      
  >>>
  <<<

  Could it be possible that the chicken *is* supposed to fall apart, and 
  that the purpose of stuffing it is just to get the flavor of the grapes 
  and garlic through the meat more efficiently?  Looking back at the 
  original recipe, the serving instructions simply say, "/Messe hem & cast 
  (th)erto powdour dowce."/  I don't have access to an OED, so I can't 
  look it up, but to me, the term "messe" does not imply a tidy, intact 
  chicken... :)  I could be off-base on this, but it is another possibility. 

  Just a thought,
  Arwen

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