Bøker av Samuel Pegge

The Forme of Cury is a fascinating look at the culinary culture of medieval England. Compiled by the master cooks of King Richard II in the late 14th century, it is one of the oldest surviving cookbooks in the English language. This edition, presented to Queen Elizabeth by Edward Lord Stafford, is an important piece of culinary history and includes recipes for a wide variety of dishes, from porpoise and pheasant to blancmange and custard.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Anecdotes Of The English Language : Chiefly Regarding The Local Dialect Of London And Its Environs ; Whence It Will Appear That The Natives Of The Metropolis And Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted The Language Of Their Ancestors ; In A Letter From Samuel Pegge ; To An Old Acquaintance, And Co-Fellow Of The Society Of Antiquaries, London ; To Which Is Added, A Supplement To Grose'S ""Provincial Glossary"" has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

The Forme Of Cury: A Roll Of Ancient English Cookery. Compiled, About A.D. 1390, By The Master-Cooks Of King Richard Ii, Presented Afterwards To Queen Elizabeth, By Edward Lord Stafford, And Now In The Possession Of Gustavus Brander, Esq. Illustrated With Notes, And A Copious Index, Or Glossary. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!