Pastry Wasn't Exactly For Eating In The 16th Century - Chowhound

The word "pastry" actually didn't appear until the mid-15th century. Before that, it was known by a more peculiar name, according to 14th-century English cookbooks: coffyn (or coffin). In a morbidly amusing twist, a pastry coffyn served the same purpose as a modern coffin; for you to put something inside. In this case, it was pie filling. Advertisement In "The Forme of Cury," written in 1390, the master cooks of…