Middle English Dictionary Entry
rainolles n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | rainolles n. plural Also (?error) rainecles. |
| Etymology | OF ranïoles |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cook. Balls or cakes made from pork, spices, etc., encased in dough.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)461 : Raynecles [read: Raynolles]: Take swete porke, dates, figges, braied togeder, and put therto a fewe ȝolkes of eyren..and then hille the stuffure in paste as men maken ruschewes, and then take the brothe of capons sothen in herbes..and then put in therto the raynecles [read: raynolles].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)3 : Raynollys.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)42 : Raynollez: Nym sode Porke & chese, & seþe y-fere, & caste þer-to gode pouder Pepir, Canelle, Gyngere..an close þin comade in dow, & frye it in freysshe grece ryȝt wel; an þanne serue it forth.