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eisel
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synonyms: verjuice ???
tags: [culinary] [obsolete]
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Definition:vinegar
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FOR TO MAKE NOUMBLES IN LENT. C. XIIII.
Take the blode of pykes oþer of conger and nyme the paunches of pykes. of conger and of grete code lyng, & boile hem tendre & mynce hem smale & do hem in þat blode. take crustes of white brede & strayne it thurgh a cloth. þenne take oynouns iboiled and mynced. take peper and safroun. wyne. vynegur aysell oþer alegur & do þerto & serue forth.
The Master-Cooks of King Richard II. The Forme of Cury (1390)
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HAMLET. 'Swounds, show me what th'owt do: Woo't weep, woo't fight, woo't fast, woo't tear thyself? Woo't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile? I'll do't. Dost thou come here to whine?
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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