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He does not object to furmety or junket, or indeed to custards, if they are eaten at the proper seasons, and in the middle or at the end of meals.
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The carver of fish must see to peason and furmety, the tail and the liver; you must look if there be a salt porpos or sole, turrentine, and do after the form of venison; _baked herring_, lay it whole on the trencher, then white herring in a dish, open it by the back, pick out the bones and the row, and see there be mustard.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Supper is served, of which one dish, from the lordly mansion to the humblest shed, is invariably furmety; yule cake, one of which is always made for each individual in the family, and other more substantial viands are also added.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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The furmety, well mixed with mustard, is put into an earthen pot, and placed in a hole in the ground in a garth belonging to the bailiff's house, to which place the steward of the court, with the bailiff, tenant of the warren, and six shepherds adjourn, with their respective wooden spoons.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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The bailiff of the manor provides furmety and mustard, and delivers to each shepherd a slice of cheese and a penny roll.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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A dish once prominent at Christmas was "frumenty" or "furmety" (variously spelt, and derived from the Latin _frumentum_, corn).
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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There's no furmety to hold a candle to mine in this country, as well you know.
The House of Arden Edith 1923
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A fresh log was then thrown upon the fire, the yule cakes and furmety were put upon the table, and everybody drew round to supper; and Paterfamilias announced that, although he could not give the materials to play with, he had no objection now to a bowl of moderate punch for all, and that
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World 1902
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There were a Christmas tree, Yule cakes, log, and candles, furmety, and snap-dragon after supper.
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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The children shouted as the fiery sweetmeats burnt away the mawkish taste of the furmety.
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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