The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of King Richard II, presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth, by Edward, lord Stafford, and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq. Illustrated with notes, and a copious index, or glossary. A manuscript of the editor, of the same age and subject, with other congruous matters, are subjoined.
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of King Richard II, presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth, by Edward, lord Stafford, and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq. Illustrated with notes, and a copious index, or glossary. A manuscript of the editor, of the same age and subject, with other congruous matters, are subjoined. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![TO THE CURIOUS ANTIQUARIAN READER. WITH O UT beginning ab ovo on a fubjeft fo light (a matter of importance, however, to many a modern Catius or Amafinius), by invedigating the origin of the Art of Cookery, and the nature of it as pra&ifed by the Antediluvians a; without dilating on the feveral particulars concerning it afterwards * If, according to Petavius and Le Clerc, the world was created in autumn, when the fruits of the earth were both plentiful and in the higheft perfection, the firft man had little occafion for much cu- linary knowledge: roafting or boiling the cruder productions, with modes of preferving thole which were l etter ripened, feem to be all that was necelTary for him in the way of Cary. And even after he was difplaced from Paradil'e, I conceive, as many others do, he was not permitted the ufe of animal food [Gen. i. 29 ] ; but that this was indulged to us, by an enlargement of our charter, after the Flood, Gen. ix. 3. But, without wading any further in the argument here, the reader is referred to Gen. ii. 8. feq. iii. 17. feq. 23. b amonglt](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21529401_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
