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Another Parallel – Chicken Liver Fritters

Posted on 16 November 2023 by carlton_bach

Another parallel recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch and Meister Hans. This one is also interesting culinarily: 133 To prepare Larus from chicken livers and stomachs Of chicken livers and stomachs: Slice them thin (?tüm) and fry them in fat, and … Continue reading →

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Another Parallel for Gespott in May

Posted on 22 May 2023 by carlton_bach

The recipe is also in the Innsbruck MS: 76 If you would make a gespot in May, take a flowing cheese and slice it into a courtly serving dish (hoff schüssel) (in pieces) larger than a finger. Break eggs into … Continue reading →

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Fish fladen – and another parallel

Posted on 15 August 2022 by carlton_bach

The next recipe in Meister Eberhard again has a parallel in Cod Pal Germ 551, though this time only in section two. <<R11>> Item einen fladenn zu machenn von fischenn, welcherlej sie sind. To make a fladen of fish, whatever … Continue reading →

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Gespöt – yet another parallel

Posted on 14 August 2022 by carlton_bach

The meaning of the name still eludes me, but finding this recipe in Meister Eberhard and both sections of Cod Pal Germ 551 further strengthens the case for a shared textual origin. <<R10>> Item wiltu machen ein essen in dem … Continue reading →

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Faux Venison from Beef

Posted on 11 November 2024 by carlton_bach

Another fake venison recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection: 232 If you want to make venison of beef Take beef and chop it small. Take wine, and catch the blood of a calf, and add it. Then set it over coals … Continue reading →

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Faux Meat of Eggs

Posted on 10 November 2024 by carlton_bach

Another two recipes from Philippine Welser’s collection, suitable for fast days after the 1490 exemption that permitted eggs during Lent. 230 If you want to make a roast of eggs Take eggs, as much as you wish, beat them well, … 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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The English Tart Experiment

Posted on 11 August 2024 by carlton_bach

A second thing I tried out for Saturday’s meeting was the English tart according to Philippine Welser, also known as “the reason for Henry VIII”: 49 If you want to make an English tart Prepare as tart base (bedalin) as … Continue reading →

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More Blessings for Fishes

Posted on 7 July 2024 by carlton_bach

Yet more from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad Mensas, completing the list of fish: 57 May a piece of such a large fish among our foods be blessed Pars tanti piscis nostris benedicta sit ęscis 58 May God not permit this … Continue reading →

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Bag Pudding Fritters

Posted on 19 June 2024 by carlton_bach

Two brief recipes from Philippine Welser’s collection, and I beg your forgbearance with all the gaps. I have once again been distracted by a fascinating source and had to finish a manuscript. Sadly, it does not look like my time … Continue reading →

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