Weekend Cooking: Gronden Benes (Ground beans)

[snowynight]

Gronden Benes is a medieval peasant's recipe

Take benes and dry hem in a nost [2] or in an Ovene and hulle hem wele and wyndewe [3] out þe hulk and wayshe hem clene an do hem to seeþ in gode broth [4] an ete hem with Bacon.

Footnote:
[1] Gronden Benes: Beans with hulls removed
[2] a nost. An ost, or kiln
[3] wyndewe. Winnow.
[4] gode broth. Prepared beforehand.


Modern translation:
Dry beans in an oven and remove their hulls. Wash and boil them in a broth. Eat with bacon

From: The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 written by Samue Pegge (1704-1796)

Comments

[muccamukk]

I'm so completely charmed by this.

[snowynight]

Thanks! The old recipes are interesting to read.