[Sca-cooks] Re: Chickens in Hochee
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Thu Jun 2 16:11:54 PDT 2005
Messe in this case means to plate and serve to a group of people. The messe
may be the course or it may be used to refer to the group being served.
Commonly, 2 to 4 people constitute a messe.
Bear
> 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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