For to make grounden benes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forme of Cury (by Samuel Pegge)
original text from about A.D. 1390

For to make grounden benes

—Take benes & drye hem in an ovene & hulle hem wl and wyndowe out the hulles & waysche hem clene & do hem to seeth in god broth & ete hem with bacoun.

Modern English

—Take beans and dry them in an oven and hull them well and winnow out the hulls and wash them clean and put them to boil in good broth and eat them with bacon.

For to make a Potage Feneboiles

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original text from about A.D. 1390

For to make a Potage Feneboiles

—Tak wite benes and seth hem in water and bray the benys in a morter al to nozt and lat them sethe in almande mylk and do ther'in wyn and hony and seth reysons in wyn and do ther'to and after dresse yt forth.

Modern English

To make [boiled bean] Pottage

—Take white beans and boil them in water and mash the beans in a mortar all to not (they would be ground to a powder) and let them boil in almond milk and add to this, wine and honey and boil the raisins in wine and add to this and then serve it forth.

For to Make Drawen Benes

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original text from about A.D. 1390

For to Make Drawen Benes

—Take benes and seeþ hem and grynde hem in a morter and drawe hem up with gode broth an do Oynouns in the broth grete mynced an do þerto and colour it with Safroun and serve it forth.

Modern English

To Make Drawn Beans

—Take beans and boil them and grind them in a mortar and combine them with good broth and minced onions. Colour this with saffron and serve forth.

Makke

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forme of Cury (by Samuel Pegge)
original text from about A.D. 1390

Makke
—Take drawen benes and seeþ hem wel. take hem up of the water and cast hem in a morter grynde hem al to doust til þei be white as eny mylk, chawf a litell rede wyne, cast þeramong in þe gryndyng, do þerto
salt, leshe it in disshes. þanne take Oynouns and mynce hem smale and seeþ hem in oile til þey be al broun. and florissh the disshes therwith. and serue it forth.

Modern English

Makke
—Take drawn(cleaned, removed from the shells) beans and boil them well. Take them out of the water and cast them into a mortar and grind them to dust (until they are no longer discernible) and until they are white as any milk, heat a little red wine and cast this in with the ground beans and add some salt and then slice this into dishes. Then take onions and mince them small and boil them in oil till they are all brown and flourish the dishes with this and serve forth.