Cawdel ferry (recipe)

Period Recipe

From the Forme of Cury.

CAWDEL FERRY. XX.II. I.

Take flour of Payndemayn and gode wyne. and drawe it togydre. do þerto a grete quantite of Sugur cypre. or hony clarified, and do þerto safroun. boile it. and whan it is boiled, alye it up with zolkes of ayrenn. and do þerto salt and messe it forth. and lay þeron sugur and powdour gyngur.

Notes

• ferry. Quære. We have Carpe in Ferry, Lel. Coll. VI. p. 21.
• Payndemayn. White bread. Chaucer.

Notes

The historical version of this recipe was taken from the Project Gutenberg e-text of the Forme of Cury.