Monthly Archives: March 2023

Wittenwiler’s Wedding Feast I: Handwashing

Posted on 14 March 2023 by carlton_bach

This is the first part of the most interesting section of Wittenwiler’s poem Der Ring: The wedding feast. The author lays out all tenets of good conduct and every aspect of nicety by describing the exact opposite. Here, we learn … Continue reading →

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Peasant Knights from Wittenwiler’s Ring

Posted on 13 March 2023 by carlton_bach

A short excerpt for today – Mondays are long days. This is from the very beginning of the poem Der Ring when the peasant protagonists assemble for a tourney: The fourth was known as junkher Troll, a man as strong … Continue reading →

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On Householding from Wittenwiler’s Ring

Posted on 12 March 2023 by carlton_bach

This is the second larger excerpt from Wittenwiler’s Der Ring. The story is that friends and relatives give advice to the protagonist Bertschi ahead of his wedding, in this case on good husbandry. The wedding feast is the main source … Continue reading →

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The Physician’s Speech from Wittenwiler’s Ring

Posted on 11 March 2023 by carlton_bach

Another source! Distracting things going on, so I may again miss out on a few postings. Have a lengthy instruction on healthy living from Wittenweiler’s early fifteenth-century poem Der Ring to make up for the disappointment: Straubel answered like a … Continue reading →

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Multicoloured Jelly from de Rontzier

Posted on 9 March 2023 by carlton_bach

I am finally back (the trip was awesome) and will be bringing you more recipes. Tonight’s is an addition to the jelly recipes from de Rontzier that I thought deserved a post of its own: 20 Item if you would … Continue reading →

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Rumpolt on cooking Plateissen

Posted on 2 March 2023 by carlton_bach

I will be quite busy the coming week and do not expect to be posting much, so here is a set of recipes from Rumpolt to keep you busy. They are for the dried flatfish that were known and widely … Continue reading →

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Experiment: Liechtfesser

Posted on 1 March 2023 by carlton_bach

Another of the experiments made this Saturday: Liechtfesser from the Kuenstlichs und Fuertrefflichs Kochbuch: 49 Liechtfesser küchlein Take milk in a pan, salt it like soup and add fat. Half a seidlein of milk and a pletzlein of butter like … Continue reading →

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