Spiced pancakes

As its name suggests, quelque shose was a light little dish – this particular recipe resembles a pancake flavored with currants. A manchet was a loaf made of the finest quality flour from which most of the bran had been sifted. Coarser loaves were called “cheats” or “cockets,” and “trete” – the roughest of all – was almost black and usually made of rye flour. The tansie referred to in the recipe was a cross between an omelet and a baked custard, flavored with the herb <