Obs. Forms: 4–5 fygey(e, 5 figee, figge. [Perh. originally a. OF. figé a dish of curds, subst. use of pa. pple of figer to curdle; in later use associated with FIG sb.1] A dish in old cookery: a. of fish (see quot. 1381); b. of figs, etc.
1381. in S. Pegge, Forme of Cury (1780), 114. For to make Fygey. Nym Lucys or tenchis and hak hem in morsells [etc.].
14[?]. Noble Bk. Cookry (Napier, 1882), 119. A figge. To mak a figge tak figges and boile them in wyne then [etc.].
c. 1450. Two Cookery-bks., 94. Ffygey. Take figges and caste hem in a potte And [etc.].
