[Sca-cooks] A Frumenty Question

[Susan Fox]

Renata  wrote:

>Does anyone know of a sweetened frumenty recipe from before 1600? I found one 
>for 1653 but I need one from the 14th century, if such exists. The early 
>recipes I've seen call for milk, eggs and saffron but no sugar.
>
Checking the Flori-Thingie... 
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/frumenty-msg.html


You seem to have asked the same question in 1999, looking for something 
earlier than Robert May "The Accomplish'd Cook" c. 1660.  Lady Brighid 
ni Chiarain answered that there was a Spanish recipe with sugar and 
cinnamon but did not cite it directly.

Selene C.