Lean not on the table, [255/146].
Learning, its roots bitter, its fruits pleasant, [228/202].
Leche, a, [51/725, 737]; [54/810].
Leche dugard, [50/708].
Leche fryture, [52/749].
See Leschefrites, leschefrayes, in the index to the Ménagier de Paris. Reference added by editor.
Leche Lombard, [48/689]; [157/2]. See ‘Lumber’ in Nares. The recipe in Forme of Cury, p. 36, is
Take rawe Pork, and pulle of the skyn, and pyke out þe skyn [&] synewis, and bray the Pork in a morter with ayreñ rawe; do þerto sugur, salt, raysoñs, corañce, datis mynced, and powdour of Peper, powdour gylofre, and do it in a bladder, and lat it seeþ til it be ynowhȝ. and whan it is ynowh, kerf it, leshe it in likenesse of a peskodde, and take grete raysoñs and grynde hem in a morter, drawe hem up wiþ rede wyne, do þerto mylke of almãndis, colour it with sañders and safroñ and do þerto powdour of peper and of gilofre, and boile it. and whan it is iboiled, take powdour of canel and gynger, and temper it up with wyne. and do alle þise thyngis togyder. and loke þat it be rẽnyns, and lat it not seeþ after that it is cast togyder, and serue it forth.
Leche, whyte, [157/7].
Leeches, [34/516], strips of meat, &c., dressed in sauce or jelly.