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The Cream Tart Experiment

The third thing I tried out for the Arts and Sciences meeting on Saturday was a recipe that in Philippine Welser’s collection is called a cream tart: 21 If you want (to make) a cream tart Take as much cream … Continue reading

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The English Tart Experiment

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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Grape Juice Tart Experiment II

Back in March at an Arts and Sciences meeting of my medieval club, I tried out a recipe from the Philippine Welser collection and failed. Today, I gave it another try with a different approach. This time, it worked. The … Continue reading

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A Failed Cake

I had six eggs that really needed using, so I decided to go a little out of my usual time period and try to use my new cake tins today. I picked out a recipe from the tried and tested … Continue reading

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Quick Camp Cooking

After a weekend away from home and two very intense days at work, I can finally return to posting things. Today, it will be a short account of what I cooked on Saturday. The event I went to was run … Continue reading

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A Meat Fladen Experiment

Last weekend, I decided to try out a recipe I’d been playing with for a while: The meat fladen from the Guoter Spise tradition. Specifically, I started out with this recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch: 82 A fladen of meat, … Continue reading

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A Salernitan Meal

We had this meal on Easter Saturday, so it is about time I got around to posting it. Dishes mostly based on descriptions in de diaetis, the 11th-century Latin text from Salerno. Our main dish was chicken slowly cooked with … Continue reading

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Herb Tart (with lots of sage)

There is only time for a quick recipe today, so I will pick up a loose end from the crafting meeting: The green tart from the recipe collection of Philippine Welser. 52 If you want to make a tart of … Continue reading

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Lenten Dessert

We followed the fish feast on Good Friday with a dessert of illusion foods: Pastries, bratwurst sausages, and porridge topped with fried lardons. All of them fit for Lent. The pastries are easiest: You simply fill them with something other … Continue reading

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The Good Friday Fish Feast

A friend was able to source fresh trout for our gathering at the easter weekend, so I could finally try out some of my fish recipes on my unsuspecting fellow medievalists. The result was a Lenten spread that was both … Continue reading

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