A MUST SAUCE (for Starlings? don't think so: JH)
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Introduction
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The Source Recipe
The original text of the recipe is as follows:
A MUST SAUCE (for Starlings? don't think so: JH). Take new black grapes, and squish them in the mortar, and boil up a bouillon, then strain through a sieve: and then throw on powdered spices, a little ginger and more cinnamon, or cinnamon alone for it is better, and stir a little with a silver spoon, and throw in crusts or toasted bread or eggs or chestnuts to thicken it: some red sugar, and serve.
Item, on this head, you should know that alkanet is a spice which gives a red colour and is also like galingale; and it may be soaked in wine and meat juices, then ground.
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Must Sauce. Take some grapes from the bunch, peel them in a pan, and boil them on the fire for half a quarter of an hour. Add just a bit of red wine if you do not have enough grapes. Let them cool, and strain through cheesecloth.
For four platters, take two ounces of cinnamon, two ounces of sugar and a half ounce of ginger, and strain everything except the sugar through cheesecloth. If you do not have grapes, use mulberries. (A 1490 printed edition quoted by Pichon et al., p. 179.) []
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Materials
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starlings
grapes
ginger
cinnamon
bread
eggs
chestnuts
sugar
alkanet
galingale
wine
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Procedure
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Bibliography
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Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
<http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?menag:500>. Accessed on September 13, 2024, 11:06 am.
Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
<http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?viand:216>. Accessed on September 13, 2024, 11:06 am.