Monthly Archives: June 2025

A Big Pancake

Posted on 12 June 2025 by carlton_bach

Another recipe from the 1547 Kuenstlichs und nutzlichs Kochbuch by Balthasar Staindl. This one looks like an ancestor of the Dutch baby. A risen (auffgangens) Reindellxiii) Make it this way: Take eight eggs and much more good cream than eggs. … Continue reading →

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It’s that apple (or onion) sauce again

Posted on 10 June 2025 by carlton_bach

Another pair of recipes in Balthasar Staindl’s 1547 Künstlichs und Nutzlichs Kochbuch describes a kind of sauce that we find again and again in sixteenth-century sources under different names. To make apple gescherb xlvi) Slice apples and fry them in … Continue reading →

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How to be a fourteenth-century cook

Posted on 9 June 2025 by carlton_bach

I have not had much time over the past fewdays, and with whast time there was, I allowed myself to be sidetracked. As a result, there is again no recipe from Staindl’s cookbook, but instead a brief excerpt from Konrad … Continue reading →

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Battering and Frying Quinces

Posted on 5 June 2025 by carlton_bach

We have already amply demonstrated that Renaissance German cooks were very fond of dipping things in batter and frying them. The apple slices that we passed over yesterday seem to have been the most popular kind, and various versions occur … Continue reading →

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Black Fruit Tart

Posted on 4 June 2025 by carlton_bach

Today, we return to Balthasar Staindl’s 1547 Kuenstlichs und Nutzlichs Kochbuch to assemble a recipe he spreads out over several pages. We find it tacked on to casual instructions on how to fry apples (a common process, apparently): To fry … Continue reading →

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A Treasure Hoard of Kitchenware

Posted on 1 June 2025 by carlton_bach

My gratitude for everyone’s patience as the intervals between posts lengthen; I was miserably sick these past days, but still managed to do one thing I wanted to, which was go to Berlin to deliver a gift and go to … Continue reading →

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