An alternative plural spelling of furmenty, reflecting older English spelling conventions.
One of several plural forms of 'furmenty' using the '-ies' ending, common in Middle and Early Modern English for words ending in 'y.' Different from modern standardization to 'furmenty' or 'furmentes.'
When medieval cooks wrote recipes, spelling was totally flexible—the same person might spell the same word three different ways on the same page and nobody cared!
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