fish days
Days on which the eating of meat was forbidden by the church or
state, usually Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. During the 40 days of
Lent, egg and dairy products were also forbidden (Black).
fusty An adjective describing wine that tastes of the wooden cask.
galantine A cold dish, with meat in jelly (or something similar).
galingale A kind of mild ginger. If unobtainable, use a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger (OED, Grieve).
georgie A kind of soup, otherwise untranslatable. See the French Glossary under georgie.
giblets Originally only goose giblets (OED).
ginger See also 'Mecca ginger'.
gooseberries Fresh gooseberries; or red, black or white currants.
grains of paradise If unobtainable, use a mixture of paprika, cardamom and black pepper (Grieve, OED).
grampus Whale meat in general, probably salted (Pichon et al., Montagne, OED). It was particularly popular during Lent, because it counted as fish, not as meat.
grey mullet A saltwater fish (Mugilidae capito).
grey gurnard A saltwater fish (Trigla gurnardus).
haricot A kind of stew, otherwise untranslatable (OED).
harvest cheese
A kind of cheese, presumably made after the harvest from milk
with a high fat content. It was sufficiently hard that it could be
crumbled. Chiquart explicitly names Brie (Scully 1986).
hippocras A kind of spiced wine. A recipe is in Additional Recipes.
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