[Sca-cooks] Beaver meat recipes

[Sarah O'Connor]

Thanks! The Middle English Dictionary by Robert E. Lewis gives "torrentille"
as a kind of fish, probably tuna, but any idea what "deynteithus" is?

~Elinor



On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:

> Ok under beaver in Russell
> Kervyng of fische.134
>
> is this passage
>
> Now, good soñ, of kervynge of fysche y wot y must þe leere:
> To pesoñ135 or frumeñty take þe tayle of þe bevere,136
> or ȝiff ye haue salt purpose137 / ȝele138 / torrentille139, deynteithus
> fulle dere,
> ye must do afture þe forme of frumenty, as y said while ere.
>
> Or With pea soup or furmity serve a Beaver’s tail
>
> Johnnae
>