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Yet Another Anonymous Blanc Manger

Posted on 20 October 2025 by carlton_bach

I am just back from a brief and spectacular sojourn in Paris (it wasn’t me!) catching up with work, so this post will be brief. I have posted numerous times on the subject of blanc manger in the German tradition … Continue reading →

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More Blanc Manger

Posted on 1 March 2025 by carlton_bach

If there is one dish no medieval recipe collection can be without, it seems to be blanc manger, chicken breast cooked with almond milk and rice. The Dorotheenkloster MS has three such recipes: 126 A courtly gmüs of old chickens … Continue reading →

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Another Blanc Manger

Posted on 30 November 2024 by carlton_bach

This is the final recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection. I must ask your patience – the full translation will go up sometime in December, I hope. 246 To make a white mues or bla manschy First take rice and wash … Continue reading →

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A Misspelling, or Whey Blanc Manger?

Posted on 12 August 2023 by carlton_bach

Another recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch, short because I am travelling again: 3 A side dish of whey (zigermilch – or goat milk?), almonds, rice flour, and chickens You should take whey (or goats’ milk) and make almond milk (mandels) … Continue reading →

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A Pike Blancmanger Pastry

Posted on 14 September 2025 by carlton_bach

I’m sorry, today’s post is going to be quite short and there may not be another until mid-week. I had my wallet stolen and am very busy getting all the banks and documents sorted out. This is from Balthasar Staindl … Continue reading →

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A Detailed Blancmanger Recipe

Posted on 29 October 2024 by carlton_bach

No soup today, I had the chance to get into the longer recipes toward the end of Philippine Welser’s collection and this one looked interesting: 237 To make a white mus or blancmanger (Plamauschy) First, rice is taken and washed … Continue reading →

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Blancmanger by yet another name

Posted on 11 September 2024 by carlton_bach

I’ve been kept busy by life, but it’s all good. Today, there is time for a short recipe from the collection of Philippine Welser: 155 If you want to make sugar Mus Take rice flour and milk and put that … Continue reading →

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Blancmanger by any other name…

Posted on 21 October 2023 by carlton_bach

We are approaching the end of the section in the Mondseer Kochbuch that has notable parallels with the Buoch von guoter Spise. Today, there are two recipes for a classic dish that any other tradition would call blancmanger. 71 A … Continue reading →

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Turkey Recipes from Rumpolt

Posted on 8 January 2023 by carlton_bach

Again I return to the theme of American foods in Early Modern Europe, this time looking at the recipes Rumpolt gives for turkey: Of a turkey (Indianischen Henn), twenty dishes may be prepared: 1 Roasted warm with as pobrat sauce … Continue reading →

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Rice Recipes from the Kuenstlichs und Fuertrefflichs Kochbuch

Posted on 21 November 2022 by carlton_bach

It has several recipes involving rice at the start: 4 To cook rice Take thick milk and let it boil. Pick over (klaube) the rice cleanly, and when it has been cleaned (erklaubt), put it into a bowl. Pour boiling … Continue reading →

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