Pike boyled
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Introduction
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The Source Recipe
The original text of the recipe is as follows:

Pike boyled. Take and make sauce of faire water, salt, and a litull Ale and parcelly; and then take a pike, and nape him, and drawe him in the bely, And slytte him thorgh the bely, bak, and hede and taile, with a knyfe in to (Note: i.e. two.)peces; and smyte the sides in quarters, and wassh hem clene; And if thou wilt have him rownde, schoche him by the hede in the backe, And drawe him there, [correction; sic = MS. there &] And skoche him in two or iij. peces (Note: Douce MS. placys) in the bak, but no3t thorgh; And slyt the pouuche, (Note: i.e. poche of a fish, see below) And kepe the fey or the lyuer, and kutte awey the gall. And whan the sauce biginneth to boyle, skem hit, And wassh the pike, and cast him there-in, And caste the pouche and fey there-to, And lete hem boyle togidre; And then make the sauce thus: myce the pouche and fey, in (Note: Douce MS., and Harl) a litul gravey of the pike, And cast there-to pouder of ginger, vergeous, mustarde, and salt, And serue him forth hote.

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For to seth a pyke. Kyll hym yn the hede styke and take a handfull of grete salt rub hym tyll the flewme goo fro hym opyn hym at the belly and take owte the refete and take oute the gall and stryppe all the small guttes and cast them a Way and save the grete gutte. Take A fayre clene panne And a quarte of fayre Water take new ale a quarte and a dyshe full of este and take ii. handefull of salt and cast ther yn Take a lityll gynger and synamom and cast þer to rosemary mageron tyme and percelly and a lityll savery and breke all thes herbes in two and cast yn the panne yf he be not Well refete cast yn a lityll suete botter but seth hit. []

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Materials
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seafood
salt
ale
parsley
plaice
fish
podour
ginger
verjuice
mustard

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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?twofi:408>. Accessed on April 19, 2024, 7:27 pm.

Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
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