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Monday 06 February 2006

Beware of cold junket: Tuesday's food quotation

Bewar at eve of crayme of cowe & also of the goote, þauy it be late,
of strawberies & hurtilberyes with the cold joncate,
for þese may marre many a mann.

c. 1465 John Russell, Boke of Nurture 53 ff.

Contributed by Andrew Dalby. Posted at 22:07
Categories: Quotations