Rote
From Cunnan
Rote is Middle English meaning root. This word can be found in a number of medieval cookery books such as the Forme of Cury.
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Examples of use
The following is a recipe taken from the Forme of Cury
- COMPOST. C.
- Take rote of parsel. pasternak of rasenns. scrape hem waisthe hem clene. take rapes & caboches ypared and icorne. take an erthen panne with clene water & set it on the fire. cast all žise žerinne. whan žey buth boiled cast žerto peeres & parboile hem wel. take žise thynges up & lat it kele on a fair cloth, do žerto salt whan it is colde in a vessel take vineger & powdour & safroun & do žerto. & lat alle žise thinges lye žerin al nyzt ožer al day, take wyne greke and hony clarified togider lumbarde mustard & raisouns corance al hool. & grynde powdour of canel powdour douce. & aneys hole. & fenell seed. take alle žise thynges & cast togyder in a pot of erthe. and take žerof whan žou wilt & serue forth.
The Forme of Cury also has the following item in its glossary:
- Rote. 100. Root. Rotys, MS. Ed. 32. Chaucer. Junius, v. Root.
