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Figs in Jelly – A Parallel

Posted on 26 March 2025 by carlton_bach

The Dorotheenkloster MS contains this very attractive recipe: 191 A galantine of figs Take a pound (talentum) of figs, wash them nicely, and let them boil up once. Leave on the stalks, and set them into a bowl so the … Continue reading →

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A Third Parallel Chicken Fritter

Posted on 2 March 2025 by carlton_bach

This is a recipe I’ve written about before, but it is interesting it also occurs in the Dorotheenkloster MS: 134 Of chicken liver and stomach Take chicken livers and stomachs. Slice them thin and fry them in fat. Add eggs, … Continue reading →

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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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A Garbled Recipe

Posted on 24 April 2025 by carlton_bach

I am headed out to a medieval club event this weekend and have time, so it is just a brief recipe today. The Dorotheenkloster MS includes this gem: 213 For fritters in Lent Pound nut kernels and figs together in … Continue reading →

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Bent Fritters and a Scribal Error

Posted on 8 April 2025 by carlton_bach

The Dorotheenkloster MS includes a version of a very popular recipe for cheese fritters, with a twist: 214 For crooked fritters Grate good cheese and take half as much flour, and break eggs into it so it can be rolled … Continue reading →

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Lacing Points in Aspic

Posted on 3 April 2025 by carlton_bach

Though today’s recipe looks quite odd, it is not, in fact, an April Fool‘s joke. Rather, it seems to be an example of robust creative culinary humour, an illustration of ‘playing with food’. 190 A galantine of deer(-skin) laces Take … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Seasonal Fish Recipe

Posted on 1 April 2025 by carlton_bach

To mark the occasion of today, I would like to take some time away from the Dorotheenkloster MS to present an addition to the Bologna MS of the liber de ferculis malis. I already referred to the gloss in the … Continue reading →

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