'to boille the chiknes with the marybones': Hodge's Kitchen Revisited

Author / Editor
Hieatt, Constance B.

Title
'to boille the chiknes with the marybones': Hodge's Kitchen Revisited

Published
Edward Vasta and Zacharias P. Thundy, eds. Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives: Essays presented to Paul E. Beichner, C.S.C. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979), pp. 139-63.

Description
Food and eating provide central images and activities in Chaucer's poetry. Misunderstanding the foods mentioned, Chaucer's readers may miss points essential to their comprehension of his poetry. The revolution in tastes and eating habits may be more a matter of emphasis than of basic techniques and ingredients.

Alternative Title
Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives: Essays Presented to Paul E.Beichner, C.S.C.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.