Monthly Archives: August 2021

Filled eggs (not really) from Cod Pal Germ 551

45 A dish of filled eggs This recipe is at odds with its title. Many ‘filled eggs’ recipes refill cooked egg into the shells, but this ends up describing something like a sliced omelet. It may be a case of … Continue reading

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Spießkuchen from Cod Pal Germ 551

44 A dish of a cake on a spit If you would make a cake on a spit of ‘infidel’ dough (stiff dough used for a popular fritter ‘infidel cake’), prepare it well in two or three colours and lay … Continue reading

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Faux Morels for Christmas from Cod Pal Germ 551

This recipe has a far less clear parallel in Meister Eberhard. It always helps to read these in combination. 43 A dish of morels around Christmas Make a batter of white bread and a little flour and break eggs into … Continue reading

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Faux roasted milk from Cod Pal Germ 551

42 A roasted milk of almonds Take fresh almond kernels and soften them, and millet groats (hirs greus) and boiled eggs and a little nice (white) bread. Knead it all together as thick (much?) as you like, pour it into … Continue reading

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Goose recipe from Cod Pal Germ 551

(no, I don’t fully understand this yet) 41 A dish of goose innards (kroesz) Take a goose that is not too old, and take the innards and the wings and the thighs. Put that in a narrow pot, add water, … Continue reading

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King’s chicken from Cod Pal Germ 551

40 A dish of king’s chicken (kunigs huner) Take young roasted chickens and chop them into small pieces and take fresh eggs and mix them with pounded ginger and pour all that into a firm (vestenn – probably means thick … Continue reading

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Sauce for roast goose from Cod Pal Germ 551

39 A dish of a roast goose Stick a goose on a spit. Take four eggs that are hard boiled and take with that a crumb of bread that is nice (white), and almond (milk) with it and a little … Continue reading

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Roasted Milk from Cod Pal Germ 551

38 Of roasted milk If you would make roasted milk that has not been passed through (while) firm (? die do nicht vast durch komen sey) and that has stuck to (hardened in) the pot. Strike it out (of the … Continue reading

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Fish Pastries from Cod Pal Germ 551

37 A dish of pastries of fish Scale the fish nicely, remove their skins and cut them in small pieces. Chop parsley and sage into it and add pepper and ginger and saffron. Mix it with wine. Make a thin … Continue reading

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Deer blood porridge from Cod Pal Germ 551

36 A dish of a roe deer mus (soft food) Take a lebkuchen (letzeltlein), as much as you wish, toast it over the coals like pepper bread (pffefer brot) and boil it in wine as thick as you wish. Pass … Continue reading

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