Monthly Archives: March 2026

Feeding the Revolution: If You Want Cheap Beer…

The 1840s were not a good time to be an average Joe anywhere in the Western world. The Kingdom of Bavaria was probably no worse than elsewhere, but it certainly was no better. Food was expensive, wages low, unemployment high … Continue reading

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New Source: Honey-Mustard Compost Sauce

I’ve not given up on the Feeding the Revolution series, but this week there is very little time and I wanted to post something. Here is the first recipe from the next source I’ll be getting into, the Solothurn Cod … Continue reading

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Feeding the Revolution: Tabor and other Mountains

We know that it took a crusade to suppress the desire for freedom among the Stedinger in 1234. By 1431, this method had been applied a few more times, so there was nothing fundamentally shocking about Friedrich I, Elector of … Continue reading

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Feeding the Revolution: Turnips vs. Tiaras

A crusade was the sharpest weapon in the arsenal of Christendom, a general call to arms when all fighting men of the faith was called upon to abandon petty feuds and internecine wars, unite under the banner blessed by the … Continue reading

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