Today's traditional Christmas pudding is derived from frumenty and plum pudding. |
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But nobody thinks of the glorious platefuls of fresh vegetables and steaming dishes of frumenty. |
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The eating of the frumenty is undertaken in silence, no talking until the last person has finished. |
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No one the shape of the gunner's wife could make frumenty, or spotted dog, or syllabub, and he did not wish to have anything to do with her. |
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There is evidence that in the past, frumenty was eaten at secular feasts, in celebration of harvest home, for instance. |
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For a richer dish, stir into the prepared frumenty 2 beaten egg yolks and a pinch of saffron strands. |
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They served it with frumenty, the wet ancestor of the packeted breakfast cereal, and with an early version of poivrade sauce. |
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By 1595, the frumenty was replaced by a plum pudding with eggs, breadcrumbs, dried fruits and flavoured with spirits and ale. |
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After shuffling though many books and cooking websites I decided to make salmon pasty, a salad of greens, frumenty, and fruit pudding. |
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An ancient concoction called frumenty or furmety is a less glamorous but more plausible source. |
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Within was a frumenty of beans rich with shreds of dried pig, and made savoury with turnips, cabbages, and onion. |
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The wheat is generally creed for the frumenty to be ready for the following morning. |
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One of the books on his recommended reading list has a recipe for frumenty and other medieval delicacies such as Sawse Camelyne or Moustarde Brewette. |
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The frumenty was always served first and flavored well with cinnamon. |
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The English menus tend to have less fish and more birds then the French, and they have the venison and frumenty at the beginning rather than the end of the meal. |
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Frumenty was often the first dish on the menu of a medieval English feast. |
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