fool2 (fol)

[ Make a fole of dog he and close this fast. Liber Cure Cocorum (ed. Morris), p. 41. 2. A sort of custard; a dish made of fruit crushed and scalded or stewed and mixed with whipped cream and sugar: as, gooseberry fool . Let anything come in the shape of fodder or eatings tuffe, it is well come, whether it be Sawsedge, or Custard, or Flawne, or Foole . John Taylor , Great Eater (1610). Apple-tarts, fools , and strong cheese to keep down The steaming vapours from the parson's crown. Satyr against Hypocrites (1689). Then came sweets,... some hot, some cool, Blancmange and quince-custards, and gooseberry fool. Barham, In golds by Legends, II. 303.