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Easter Cakes

Posted on 29 December 2025 by carlton_bach

These are two recipes for Easter cakes. The first one I already posted about. The second looks like a direct ancestor of German cheesecake, Käsekuchen: How to bake Preßmetzen at Easter (ccxxii, number missing) Prepare a good milk egg cheese … Continue reading →

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Syrup Kisses for Postwar Christmas

Posted on 21 December 2025 by carlton_bach

For the first time this month, I had a day to myself, and it was spent mostly Christmas baking. Like every year, I added one untested recipe to my usual favourites. This year, it was a highly economical version of … Continue reading →

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Trying the Chicken in Wine-Lemon Sauce

Posted on 14 December 2025 by carlton_bach

The crazy density of the past week is slowly receding in the rear view mirror, and today I actually had the chance to try out a recipe from my recent batch: Staindl’s stewed chicken. To stew (einzudempffen) young hens clxxii) … Continue reading →

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Making Almond Chicken Soup

Posted on 25 October 2025 by carlton_bach

Last week, I posted a recipe for chicken soup from Balthasar Staindl’s 1547 cookbook. This week, I was able to try it out and I am very happy with it. To make chicken broth of almonds clxxviii) Take half a … Continue reading →

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The Pear Juice Experiment

Posted on 12 October 2025 by carlton_bach

Over two years ago, I posted a recipe for pear juice reduction from the Oeconomia ruralis et domestica by Johannes Coler. It read thus: Pear juice is made thus (marginalia: to make pear juice) Take juicy pears such as Speckbirn … Continue reading →

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A Plum Leather Experiment

Posted on 28 September 2025 by carlton_bach

A few years ago, I posted a translated recipe from Johannes Coler’s Oeconomia: […] In Silesia, there are many small plums almost like sloes except that they grow on properly tall trees and taste almost like plums. They are tapered … Continue reading →

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A Renaissance Grillparty

Posted on 27 July 2025 by carlton_bach

At long last, here is another post. I was quite busy, first with my son unexpectedly winning a local athletic contest to become festival ‘king’ of his class, then with a trip to South Germany to meet good friends and … Continue reading →

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Meat-Filled Pears

Posted on 21 March 2025 by carlton_bach

Another of the experiments I made during lockdown and can add to the collection now. From the Mittelniederdeutsches Kochbuch: 95 Item if you would make pears, take them and cut the pears off above (cut off the tops). Cut out … Continue reading →

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Another Fish Roe Dough Experiment

Posted on 18 March 2025 by carlton_bach

Life is still keeping me on my toes, so here is another old experiment of mine. Back in lockdown, when I was able to get fresh herring roe, I tried out both the fritters and a pastry dough based on … Continue reading →

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Fish Roe Fritters – An Old Experiment

Posted on 16 March 2025 by carlton_bach

Life is limiting my ability to produce new translations, so I’ll fall back on sharing some old experiments I made during pandemic lockdown for now. This is an interesting recipe using fish roe from the Mittelniederdeutsches Kochbuch: Item if you … Continue reading →

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