Middle English Dictionary Entry
comade, comadore n.
Entry Info
| Forms | comade, comadore n. Also comand, comede, comedie. |
| Etymology | Presumably OF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cook. A delicacy of one kind or another; a filling for a pie, etc. [see quots.].
Associated quotations
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.55 : Take fyges and boile hem tendre in smale ale and bray hem..þenne make..coffyns & do þet comade þerin.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.84 : Comadore. Take Fyges and Raisons..skalde hem in wyne..take gode peerys and Apples..frye hem in oile.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)42 : Nim sode Porke & chese..Canelle, Gyngere, Clowes..an close þin comade in dow, & frye it in freysshe grece.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)48 : Ley þin comede on þe cake in þe maner of a benecodde.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)510 : Comedies, Cawdelles..Ielies, Fruturs.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)26 : Tak egge and grated bred and mele them to gedur, and when the pot boilithe put the comand to the brothe.