The Forme of Cury

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The Forme of Cury (The Method of Cooking, cury from Old French queuerie, "cookery") is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes, written in Middle English. Although the original manuscript is lost, the text appears in nine manuscripts, the most famous in the form of a scroll with a headnote citing it as the work of "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II". The name The Forme of Cury is generally used for the family of recipes rather than any single manuscript text. It is among the oldest extant English cookery books. The book contains the earliest known recipe for macaroni and cheese.

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