Monthly Archives: November 2025

Veal and Mutton Pies

Posted on 16 November 2025 by carlton_bach

I was away over the weekend and having a computer taken care of took much longer than expected (I’m hugely grateful to the techie friends that went through the trouble). But before my online lecture tonight, a brief recipe from … Continue reading →

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Pastries of Birds

Posted on 12 November 2025 by carlton_bach

Here is another set of recipes from Balthasar Staindl that are broadly related to each other: Pastries of capons cxl) (sic!) When the pastries are made with dough, it must be made of wheat flour and with a fat broth … Continue reading →

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Smoking Pork with Juniper Berries

Posted on 9 November 2025 by carlton_bach

Just a brief recipe today, and a reminder how much food preparation was seasonal work. Balthasar Staindl on smoking hams and the heads of pigs: Pigs’ heads and hams clix) (They are) cleanly salted and left to lie. In March, … Continue reading →

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Staindl’s Sausages

Posted on 6 November 2025 by carlton_bach

In German, we say “das ist mir Wurst“, it is sausage to me, to mean that we do not care about something. These are sausage to Balthasar Staindl, though we would not necessarily call all of these dishes Wurst today: … Continue reading →

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Venison Pastries Hot and Cold

Posted on 2 November 2025 by carlton_bach

I am sorry for yet another long silence and must say that, for reasons mostly good, there are more demands on my time coming up and I expect more such dry spells. However, I will continue to try and post … Continue reading →

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