Cocatrice and Lampray Hay: Late Fifteenth Century Recipes from Corpus Christi College Oxford (an Edition with Commentary Including Suggestions for Cooks ( 15th C. / Cooking / Cookbook / Cook Book )

Devon, England : Devon, UK: Prospect Books, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2012. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, very small rubbed spot on front panel lower edge, 176 pages, ---"Cocatrice and Lampray Hay is the title for this edition of the Corpus Christi College, Oxford MS F 291 which contains ninety nine original fifteenth century recipes written in English (showing signs, the experts claim, of East Anglian provenance). The recipes are remarkable for their close attention to detail and much greater information about quantities of ingredients than similar collections from earlier centuries. They include dishes such as the famous cocatrice or basilisk, which is a combination of pig and chicken constructed as a fabulous beast, to the more mundane, but more cookable, blancmanges, stewed oysters, croustades, pies, venison, beef and chicken dishes. The edition gives the original text, a translation into modern English, a full commentary and notes for the modern cook who wishes to interpret each dish in his or her own kitchen."---, just as an example, CHAWDROUN for SWAN stats with: Slay a swan. Scald it, draw it, make the stomach clean, etc, !!!!!, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo..///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------extra shipping might be required depending upon destination ---if an issue please inquire before ordering ---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 6.25w x 9.5h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.