For a cawdel
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Introduction
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The Source Recipe
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For a cawdel. Breke ten egges in cup fulle fayre, Do away þe white with oute diswayre. Þo strene also þou put away And swyng þy ₃olkes with spone I þe say. Þen mynge hom wele with gode ale, A cup fulle large take þou schalle, Set hit on fyre, styr hit, I telle, Bewar þer with þat hit never welle. ₃if þou cast salt þer to, iwys Þou marres alle, so have I blis. At þo fyrst assay þou take hit doun, When hit wolde welle, þys caudel broun, ₃if þat hit welle, as may be falle, Þus helpe hit þen I wot þou schalle. Storve myed wastel with colde ale þen, And cast þer to, sethe hit I ken.

Related Recipes
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Caudele. Nym eyren, and sweng wel to-gedere / chauf ale and do therto / lie it with amydon, do therto a porcion of sugur, or a perty of hony, and a perti of safron; boille hit, and 3if hit forth. []

Caudell. Take faire tryed yolkes of eyren, and cast in a potte; and take good ale, or elles good wyn, a quantite, and sette it ouer the fire/ And whan hit is at boyling, take it fro the fire, and caste there-to saffron, salt, Sugur; and ceson hit vppe, and serue hit forth hote. []

Cl - Cawdel out of lente. Take and make a gode mylke of Almaundys y-draw vppe with wyne of Red, whyte is beterre; 3if it schal be whyte, than strayne 3olkys of Eyroun ther-to a fewe. Put [correction; sic = MS. but.] ther-to Sugre and Salt, but Sugre y-now; then when it begynnyth to boyle, sette it out, and almost flatte; serue it then forth, and euer kepe it as whyte as thou may, and at the dressoure droppe Alkenade ther-on, and serue forth; and 3if thou wylt haue hym chargeaunt, bynd hym vppe with fflour of Rys, other with whetyn floure, it is no fors. And 3if thou wolt, coloure hym with Safroun, and straw on pouder y-now, and Sugre y-now, and serue forth [correction; sic = f]. []

.xxxiij. Chykens in caudel. Tak chykouns & boyle hem in gode broth & ram hem up, thenne tak yolkes of ayroun rawe & the broth & alye it to gydre, do therinne poudour of ginger, & sugour y nowh, safroun & salt & set it over the fyre with out boyllyng & serve the chykens hole other y broke & lay the sewe onoward. []

Caudell. Take faire tryed yolkes of eyren, and cast in a potte; and take good ale, or elles good wyn, a quantite, and sette it ouer the fire/ And whan hit is at boyling, take it fro the fire, and caste there-to saffron, salt, Sugur; and ceson hit vppe, and serue hit forth hote. []

Caudele. Nym eyren, and sweng wel to-gedere / chauf ale and do therto / lie it with amydon, do therto a porcion of sugur, or a perty of hony, and a perti of safron; boille hit, and 3if hit forth. []

Caudell. Draw yolkes of eyron thorow a streynour with wyne or with ale that hit be ryght rennyng put ther to sigure safron & no salt bet well to gedyr set hit on the fyre on clene colys stere welle the bottom & the sydys tyl hit be ynowghe scaldyng hote thu shalle fele be they when hit begynnys to com then take hit of and styre alwey fast & yf be nedd alay hit up with som of the wyne or yf hit com to hastyly put hit in cold watyr to mydsyd of the pot & stere hit alwey fast & serve hit forth. []

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Materials
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eggs
yolks
ale
salt

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