← Early English Meals and Manners
Chapter 19
Diuerce Sawces
Also to know youre sawces for flesche conveniently,
hit provokithe a fyne apetide if sawce youre mete be bie;
to the lust of youre lord looke þat ye haue þer redy
suche sawce as hym likethe / to make hym glad & mery.
Mustard is meete for brawne / beef, or powdred motoun;
verdius to boyled capoun / veel / chikeñ /or bakoñ;
And to signet / & swañ, convenyent is þe chawdoñ;
Roost beeff / & goos / with garlek, vinegre, or pepur127a, in conclusioun.
Gynger sawce to lambe, to kyd / pigge, or fawñ / in fere;
to feysand, partriche, or cony / Mustard with þe sugure;
Sawce gamelyñ to heyroñ-sewe / egret / crane / & plovere;
also / brewe / Curlew / sugre & salt / with watere of þe ryvere;
Also for bustard / betowre / & shovelere, gamelyñ is in sesoun;
Wodcok / lapewynk / Mertenet / larke, & venysoun,
Sparows / thrusches / alle þese .vij. with salt & synamome:
Quayles, sparowes, & snytes, whañ þeire sesoun com,
Thus to provoke an appetide þe Sawce hathe is operacioun.