Tag Archives: Buoch von Guoter Spise

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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Two More Kol Reys Recipes

Posted on 16 February 2025 by carlton_bach

It is just a short post today – and probably none until Wednesday – but before I give you two more recipes, a brief note: A recipe in the Munich Cgm 384 manuscript (II.13) that I thought described a pancake … Continue reading →

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Fladen in Lent (I think)

Posted on 8 January 2025 by carlton_bach

I am not really sure what to make of this recipe, but I suspect it’s meant to mimic meat fladen 45 Of dishes in Lent Take almonds, chop them small, and colour half of them with saffron. Lay them aside … 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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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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A Meatless Recipe Testing Session

Posted on 25 February 2024 by carlton_bach

On the anniversary of last year’s fritter experimenting session, I got together with some local friends from my mnedieval club for an arts & sciences meeting. I, of course, provided food. It was a good opportunity to try out a … Continue reading →

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More about Fladen

Posted on 24 October 2023 by carlton_bach

Following the post about the fladen recipes from the Mondseer Kochbuch, we will look at the ones from the Buoch von guoter Spise today. Those with no access to Melitta Weiss Adamson‘s excellent translation will have to make do with … Continue reading →

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Meat-topped Flatbreads

Posted on 22 October 2023 by carlton_bach

The Mondseer Kochbuch includes several recipes for meat-topped fladen, most of them with the same title, but slightly different content: 79 A fladen of meat, cheese, and eggs Take meat of lamb or belly meat and take quinces, and see … 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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“Of Jerusalem”

Posted on 18 October 2023 by carlton_bach

Travelling, I only have a short recipe for you today. It’s from the Mondseer Kochbuch: 56 To prepare a good Lenten spoon dish (vasten muos) Take basses and thick almond milk and put sugar on it. This is to be … Continue reading →

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