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A Common Dish with Interesting Wording

Posted on 13 September 2026 by carlton_bach

Here is another recipe from Solothurn S 392 that bears looking into: B40 Item if you want to make filled eggs, break them open at the top and bottom ends and empty them. Boil that which comes from the eggs … Continue reading →

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Rosehip Electuary

Posted on 23 January 2025 by carlton_bach

Today, I’ll talk a little about an experiment I made to prepare my lecture for my medieval club’s ‘online university’ event. Based on a North German recipe from the late fifteenth century, a sweet and spicy preparation of rosehips: 12 … Continue reading →

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Elderflower Porridge Without Milk

Posted on 17 January 2025 by carlton_bach

Apologies for missing out on two days, I was preparing a lecture on latwerge next weekend. For today, this little recipe in the Dorotheenkloster MS caught my attention: 63 Of an elderflower müs in Lent Take elderflowers and let them … Continue reading →

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Bramble Jam in History

Posted on 6 August 2023 by carlton_bach

I am quite fond of bramble season and lucky to be living in a part of Germany that, whatever else it may lack in fruit and vegetables, is blessed with fine and ample berry harvests.Yesterday, I decided to check the … Continue reading →

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Pear Electuary Porridge

Posted on 24 November 2022 by carlton_bach

Another recipe from the Kuenstlichs und Fuertrefflichs Kochbuch: 16 Electuary of Pears (Regel piern Latwerge) Item take a grated Semmel loaf and fry it in fat. Grind the electuary in wine so that it turns thin and add it to … Continue reading →

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Autumn Porridge from the Kuenstlichs und Nuetzlichs Kochbuch (1559)

Posted on 17 November 2022 by carlton_bach

I owe thanks to my friend Katrine de St Brieuc who drew my attention to a source I had dismissed as derivative on the basis of an old survey. It pays to look twice – thank you! Here is a … Continue reading →

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Two Electuaries from Cgm 384 I

Posted on 13 September 2022 by carlton_bach

Actually, the second one is not an electuary, it’s just called that. Welcome to the wild and wacky world of German culinary sources. 10 Electuary Take borage (burätz) electuary: Take 2 pounds of borage flowers and chop them small, take … Continue reading →

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Two medicinal electuaries from the Kuchenmaistrey

Posted on 23 December 2021 by carlton_bach

Anything this expensive has got to be good for you. 4. xxiii. Item a good useful electuary for the stomach and all harmful fumes (boß nebel). Take the root or bearded iris (iris x germanica, schwertelwurtz) and cut it into … Continue reading →

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My Translations

Posted on 31 July 2021 by carlton_bach

TRANSLATIONS FROM GERMAN: Rheinfränkisches Kochbuch (15th c.) Mittelniederdeutsches Kochbuch (15th c.) Recipes from Meister Hans (1460) Koekerye (1570) Recipes from Anna Wecker’s Koestlich new Kochbuch (1598) Tannhäusers Tischzucht (13th c.) Kölner Kochbuchnotizen (16th c.) Recipes from Cod Pal Germ 551 … Continue reading →

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