A gret whyle = a long time
As though it were half = as if it was diluted in half
Bake it in a trap = bake mixture in a pie shell
Blow away the grease = skim the fat
Boil him (it) tender = simmer gently until done
Bray him (it) in a mortar/ pound it in a mortar with a pestle = grind it small
Cast thereto = add
Cast thereto never a deal = do not add any
Do perto = do thereto
Draw under the cloth, with a ladle = drain the liquid through cheesecloth using a ladle
Grated bread = bread crumbs
Half wine = wine diluted with water to double it’s original volume
Hew them small = chop them finely
If thou like = do what you think best
If thou may = if you have it, use this ingredient
In the self wise = in the same manner
Lay the sewe onoward = lay the juices on top
Let it be somewhat standing = let it be thick enough
Let it boil for nothing = do not boil
Make a coffin = make a pie crust
Messe forth = serve forth
Nym it up = take it up
Put in thine coffin = fill the pie shell (with the mixture)
Put off the skin = peel
Seep it stondyng = simmer until thickened
Seethe hard eggs = hard cook the eggs
Seethe them with = simmer with
Serve it forth = serve the dish
Smite them to gobbets = cut into bite-sized pieces
Smyte it = cut it
Strained yolks = beaten egg yolks
Take a coffin and bake him dry = crisp a pie crust in a hot oven
Take almonds, and blanch them and stamp them in mortar and mix them = make almond milk using broth, water, wine or whatever is specified
Take fair garbage = use entrails, head, feet, etc.
Take it up in a fair linen cloth = place in a strainer or cheese cloth bag for the purpose of draining the liquid
Take away the water clean = drain
Take rice bray in mortar = rice flour
Tease it small = shred
Temper it vp = mix it up
Thou dress in = prepare to serve a dish, IE: make it pretty
Throw it through a strainer = strain with a strainer, or grind through a food mill, for eggs, it means to beat them
When it is enough = when it is cooked
| Alay/alye = mix | alkyn = all kinds, various | amydon = wheat starch |
| anys/anneys = anise, anise seed | anoon = at once, in due course | apply/appleen/aplyn/applys=apple |
| appulmos = applesauce | aray = dress, cook | askes = ashes |
| beforne = beforehand | benes = beans | bet(e) = beat |
| bete = beets (beet greens) | blanc/blank = white | bolas = plums |
| bord = table | boter(e) = butter | bray(e)/ brey = pound or grind in a mortar |
| braun = flesh meat | brede = bread | breke = break |
| breste = burst | bren = burn | bryddys = birds |
| broche = spit or skewer | broyt = broth | bruse = grind, crush |
| caboches = cabbages | canel/kanel/flour of canel = cinnamon | caruoun = carved |
| cast = put into pot | cawdel = smoothly thickened sauce or soup | ceuere/ceuyr = cover |
| charge = thicken | chargeour = large dish | chawfour/chawfer = pan |
| checonys/chicones = chickens | cheite = drippings | cheseberien/chiseberien/chiryse = cherries |
| chybolles = spring onions | chyches = chick peas | clene = neatly, carefully |
| cleuyng = sticking together | clowe/clowys = clove (Spice) | coffin = case or container, usually a pastry shell |
| cole = cool | coliaundir/colyandre = coriander (Seed) | comade = mixture |
| corf = carve | cote = cut | cowche = layer |
| crudde = curd | culdore = colander, strainer | culpe = cut in thick slices |
| damysyns = damson plums | dawes = days | dise = dice |
| dowe = dough | draw/drawe/ydraw = cut up, beaten or strained; blended | dres(se) = arrange for serving |
| droppe = dredge, baste | ey/(h)eyryn/ayren/eyre(n) = egg | endore/endorre = gild, apply a finish tinted gold |
| erbes/erbis = herbs | erthe = earthenware | esy = easy, slow fire, low heat |
| eurose = rosewater | fair = clean, nice, fresh | fars = forcemeat, ground meat |
| fenkel = fennel | fere/fure/fuyre = fire | flamme = baste |
| florissh = garnish, decorate | force = stuff | found/funde/yfoundred = melt, dissolve, mix |
| foyles = foil, leaf (Thinly rolled pastry) | frissiaus = strawberries | funges = mushrooms |
| fygys = figs | garbage = giblets | gees = geese |
| gleyre = egg white | gobettes = pieces | grete = large |
| grewel = oatmeal, gruel, porridge | groundyn = ground, brayed | hakken = chop |
| hele = cover | hennyn/hennys = hens | heppe = rosehips |
| hem = them | hilde = flay, remove skin | hirchones = urchins/hedgehogs |
| hool/hoole = whole | hwyte = blanch, peel | kele = cool |
| kerf/kerue = carve | keuere = cover | keyntlich/queyntliche = carefully |
| knede = knead | kyn/kyne/cwe = cow | kyt/ket = cut |
| leche/leshe = slice | lekys = leeks | leyue = layer |
| litel/litul/lytylle/lyte = little | lye(n) = mix | l(a)your = thickening |
| manerlich = in a mannerly fashion | meddlen/medel/melle/medyle togidre = mix, mix together | meischid = mashed |
| meng(e) =mix, blend | messe (messe forth)= serve | myce/mence/myse = mince |
| myddell/myddes = middle | (y)myed = crumbled | nast = have not |
| neowe = fresh | nesche = raw | neme/nim/nym/nyme/nimen=take |
| noyre = black | noumbles = organ meat (umbles): heart, liver, kidney | nowt = not |
| o = or | oftor = more often | onoward = above, on top |
| ouer cast = turn over | ouer-cover = cover over | oy(n)gnouns/oynons = onions |
| payn = bread | payn(d)emayn = best quality white bread | pasternak = root vegetable (botanical name of parsnips/carrots is “pastinaca”) |
| (y)paunced = decorated | pece = piece | pele = peel |
| peys/pise/pisyn/pesoun=peas | per/perys/peeres = pears | perboyle = parboil |
| pertie = portion | plie = fold | pomys = apples |
| possenet = small pot | potstyk = stick for stirring | pottage = a thick soup or stew |
| potte suger = cooking sugar (non-clarified) | powdur = season | pynes/penes = pine (pignolia) nuts |
| quayle = shake | quest = crush | rafens = radishes |
| raisins of crinth/raysouns of corauns=currants | rapes = turnips | reysyns/resons = grapes or raisins |
| ris/ryse = rice | sarce =sieve | sanc dragoun = dragons blood (herb used for coloring food) |
| saundres/sanders = sandalwood or red sanders | sauge = sage | self/selue = same |
| sethe/seeth = simmer or boil | sewe = juices, broth or sauce | skyrwittes = root vegetable resembling parsnips |
| sklyse = spatula | slytte = slit | smyte/smite = chop |
| soppes/sops = toasted pieces of bread | spete = spit (put on a spit) | spynoches = spinach |
| stampe = beat | straynour = strainer | stondynge = standing, thick |
| sucre/sucur/ceucre/ceugre=sugar | swyng = beat, mix | sykym = skim |
| syue = sieve | temper/tempre = mix | verious = verjuice, liquid of acid fruits such as sour grapes or crabapples. |
| vernage = a sweet wine from Italy, similar to sherry | vynegre/veneger = wine vinegar | vp = up |
| vndo = cut open (clean out guts) | waisshe = wash | wastel (bred) = high quality white bread |
| welle = boil, bring to a boil | wete/wite = wheat | whyte grece = lard |
| wyle = white | wise = manner, fashion | wyte/wytys/hwte = white of egg |
| ycorue = carved | yelkys/zolke = yolks of egg | ynow/ynoun = enough |
| ytosted = toasted |