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Monthly Archives: January 2024
Cream Tart
Another short recipe after a long day, but holy sh*t this is decadent. I need to try it. 21 If you want (to make) a cream tart Take as much cream as you need and break open six eggs. Take … Continue reading
Hamburger Klöben (1830)
Just as brief post today. A friend of my mother who is housebound said he enjoyed the Quarkstollen I baked in December very much and said he was sorry that he would have to wait until next Christmas for another … Continue reading
Egg Tarts from Philippine Welser
Another instance of this manuscript collecting many variations on a theme: 13 If you want to make an egg tart Take a Maß of milk and add ten eggs. Beat them well together and then put it into a pan. … Continue reading
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Mouthwash for Swollen Gums
Just a short thing that showed up in the cookbook of Philippine Welser. A translation job rolled in at the last minute, cutrting into my spare time. A more culinary post will follow soon. 2 An art for someone whose … Continue reading
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Almond Tarts from Philippine Welser
I haven’t had a lot of time lately, but here are some almond tarts: 6 If you want to make a good almond tart Take half a pound of almonds and grind them as small as possible. Take half a … Continue reading
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List of Dishes from Tegernsee
I am not done yet with the Tegernsee lists. The calendar is particularly interesting, but also difficult to translate. One thing I have mostly complete by now is the list of dishes that would be served at different times throughout … Continue reading
Preserving Quince Juice
Another recipe from Philippine Welser’s recipe collection, another luxury. This is the earliest description I have yet found of the spoon test: 5 If you want to prepare quince juice First take the quinces and have them peeled. Cut them … Continue reading
Clarifying Sugar with Philippine Welser
Another source begins. Recipe 1 in the recipe collection owned by Philippine Welser (c. 1550): 1 Clarifying sugar Take one pound of sugar and the white of an egg, beat this well with a spoon and put it into the … Continue reading
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Fritters from the Tegernsee List
Again a longer hiatus, but here is another interesting part of the Tegernsee list. We cannot reconstruct the dishes here because the majority of ingredients do not seem to have come from managed stores, but the variety of fritters served … Continue reading
Cooking Rice
Time is in very limited supply, but I would like to point out an interesting parallel. This recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch (and its parallels) provides an illustration of the way rice was prepared: 164 To prepare rice well Of … Continue reading