Tag Archives: 10th century

A Fish Cooked Three Ways from Meister Eberhard

Posted on 16 August 2022 by carlton_bach

Since a good chunk of Meister Eberhard is just a repeat of Cod Pal Germ 551, I will not post each and every parallel. You can find them when I post the entire text. They are, from here on out: … Continue reading →

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A Viking-Age Experiment – Sailor’s Beans

Posted on 31 July 2022 by carlton_bach

Again, there are no surviving recipes from 9th-11th century Scandinavia. This is a speculative idea that I wanted to try, and today did. The result was mixed. The combination is supposed to represent foods that a ship’s crew might have … Continue reading →

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Speculative Viking Feasting (Part Three)

Posted on 12 May 2022 by carlton_bach

This is the last instalment of posts on last weekend’s Viking meal, including a very successful, if highly speculative dish and a delicious failure. You can find the other dishes here and here. And as I pointed out earlier: Since … Continue reading →

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Speculative Viking Feasting (Part Two)

Posted on 11 May 2022 by carlton_bach

Part two of our speculative Viking party food. As I stated in part one: Since we have no surviving recipes, I decided to go with a number of dishes based speculatively on ingredients and kitchen tools available in tenth- and … Continue reading →

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Speculative Viking Feasting (Part One)

Posted on 10 May 2022 by carlton_bach

This weekend, I visited some fellow members of the SCA in South Germany for a round of historical cooking. The theme was ‘Vikings’, and since we have no surviving recipes, I decided to go with a number of dishes based … Continue reading →

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