15. Om te sieden carpers oft snoecken
To boil carp or pike

[10] Om te sieden carpers oft snoecken Neempt water [11] ende waueratet met soute ende proeuet dan wedere het [12] es te luttel oft te vele ende dan hanghet ouer tvier ende [13] latent sijn opten suede eer ghi den visch dair inne legt [14] Als den visch daer inne es so latent wel sieden als hy [15] welghesoden es soe doetten af vanden viere. Ende al[16]le suete visschen moechdi laten staen in haer waueraet [17] oft in haer sop wantsi daer inne uiet* en ergheren. Ghi [18] sult oock weten datmen gheen snoecken en pleecht te [19] sieden dan in wijn of ten minsten half wijn ende half [20] water daer ooc luttel azijns toe ghedaen of edic want [21] hi sijn natuere daer inne neemt ende men machen laten [22] staen in sijn sop op datmen wilt

[10] To boil carp or pike. Take water [11] and waveraet with salt and test again whether it [12] be too little or too much [salt] and then hang it over the fire and [13] let it come to the boil before you lay the fish therein. [14] When the fish is in it so let it boil well. When it is [15] well cooked take it off the fire. And you must let [16] all sweet fish stand in their waveraet [17] or in their broth because in it they will not go bad. You [18] shall also know that one should not boil [19] pike in it but in wine or at least in half wine and half [20] water, with also a little vinegar added, because [21] it [i.e. the fish] takes its [i.e. the vinegar's] character in and one may let it [22] stand in its broth if one wants.