Another Fish Dinner

XXIV. Another Fish Dinner

First Service:

Strained peas
Herring
Salted eels
A stew of black oysters
Almond broth
Napkins
A gruel of pike and eels
Cracklings
A green stew of eels
Silver pies

Second Service:

Saltwater fish
Freshwater fish
Bream and salmon pies
Jellied eels
Brown arbalester
Tench in a larded gruel
Fricassee
Thin pancakes
Lettuces
Lozenges
Little ears
Rich pasties
Stuffed salmon and loach

Third Service:

Frumenty with porpoise
Browned apples
Spanish peas
Young lampreys
Roast fish
Jelly
Lampreys
Congers and turbot in green sauce
Bream in verjuice
Fried bread slices
Meat tarts

[Source: Menagier de Paris, J. Hinson (trans.)]

XXIV. Another Fish Dinner.

First service. Strained peas, herring, salted eels, a stew of black oysters, almond broth, napkins, a gruel of pike and eels, cracklings, a green stew of eels, silver pies.

Second service. Saltwater fish, freshwater fish, bream and salmon pies, jellied eels, a brown arbalester, tench in a larded gruel, a fricassee, thin pancakes, lettuces, lozenges, little ears and rich pasties, stuffed salmon and loach.

Third service. Frumenty with porpoise, browned apples and Spanish peas and young lampreys, a roast of fish, jelly, lampreys, congers and turbot in green sauce, bream in verjuice, fried bread slices, meat tarts and the side-dishes: then Dessert, the Final Service and the Extras.