Middle English Dictionary Entry
pōchẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pōchẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | From OF poch(i)é, ppl. of pochier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cook. (a) Poached eggs or poached eggs with a sauce; eiren in ~, ~ to potage, poached eggs with a sauce; (b) a poached egg.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.46 : Pochee. Take Ayren and breke hem in scaldyng hoot water, and whan þei bene sode ynowh..cast þe sew onoward.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)444 : Poche to Potage. Take egges and breke hom in boylynge watur and let hom sethe..then dresse the sothen egges in dysshes, and poure the pottage above.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)24 : Eyron en poche. Take Eyroun, breke hem, an sethe hem in hot Water..an ley þin Eyroun in dysshys, & caste þe Sewe a-boue.
b
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.154vb : Apalum: i. withoute hardehede; þerof is seid in phisik oua apala, i. 'nesch eiren,' & also oua elixa, 'eiren soden withoute schelle,' þat we cal poches.