Monthly Archives: February 2025

How To Cook Partridges

Posted on 28 February 2025 by carlton_bach

I apologise for the length of gaps between posts. My life and my other obligations leave me increasingly little room. Here are three ways of serving partridges from the Dorotheenkloster MS: 156 Of partridges Take three partridges, clean them well, … Continue reading →

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A Dish of Chicken Feet

Posted on 26 February 2025 by carlton_bach

This recipe from the Dorotheenkloster MS is a bit enigmatic, but it can be read as a very nifty piece of culinary showmanship: 148 A dish of chicken feet Take the feet of young chickens, then take good lean veal, … Continue reading →

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Boring Foods, but on a Skewer

Posted on 23 February 2025 by carlton_bach

I’ve been working on my book project and only have time for a quick recipe today. From the Dorotheenkloster MS, how to make the quotidian appetising: 29 How to roast millet or groats (grews) on a spit Take millet and … Continue reading →

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Piped Fish Fritters

Posted on 22 February 2025 by carlton_bach

This is an interesting and slightly disturbing recipe from the Dorotheenkloster MS. Piped fritters, rather like churros, are not uncommon, but making them of fish is: 146 Again a gmüs of pike Scale a pike, remove the bones, chop it, … Continue reading →

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Cooking Preserved Sturgeon

Posted on 21 February 2025 by carlton_bach

My travel plans failed, but at least that gives me time to do a few more recipe translations. Here is one for preparing sturgeon: 147 A dish of sturgeons Take sturgeon (stueren, Accipenser sturio), salmon, or Beluga sturgeon (hausen, Huso … Continue reading →

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Chitterlings in Herb Sauce

Posted on 19 February 2025 by carlton_bach

Not all recipes in the medieval tradition are appealing to modern tastes at first glance, but this one may not be at all bad: 133 A gmues of chitterlings (kaldaunen) Take the stomach and gut of a pig and cut … Continue reading →

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Two More Kol Reys Recipes

Posted on 16 February 2025 by carlton_bach

It is just a short post today – and probably none until Wednesday – but before I give you two more recipes, a brief note: A recipe in the Munich Cgm 384 manuscript (II.13) that I thought described a pancake … Continue reading →

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Cabbage with Mutton, Eggs and Cheese

Posted on 15 February 2025 by carlton_bach

I was rather busy yesterdayand couldn’t finish my post, so I’ll give you my brief report today. I tried out the recipe from the Dorotheenkloster MS I posted two weeks ago: 92 Of young white cabbage (kraut) Take young white … Continue reading →

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Violet Mues

Posted on 13 February 2025 by carlton_bach

Roses are red, violets are – cooked with mushrooms? From the Dorotheenkloster MS: 136 A mues of violets Take thick almond milk mixed well with rice flour and add enough fat to it. Colour it with violet flowers. That is … Continue reading →

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Fish Roe Pancakes in Roux Sauce

Posted on 12 February 2025 by carlton_bach

Back to the Dorotheenkloster MS, and this is not exactly what we expect to find in the fifteenth century: 125 A gmüs of fish Take fish roe, but not barbel roe, pound them in a mortar and fry a wide … Continue reading →

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