Tag Archives: Lent

Sweet Fish Tart

Posted on 25 November 2024 by carlton_bach

It has been a long day, so there is a brief recipe. From Philippine Welser’s collection: A sweet fish tart 244 To make a fish tart In the beginning, you must take a piece of fish, be it trout, pike, … Continue reading →

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Faux Meat of Eggs

Posted on 10 November 2024 by carlton_bach

Another two recipes from Philippine Welser’s collection, suitable for fast days after the 1490 exemption that permitted eggs during Lent. 230 If you want to make a roast of eggs Take eggs, as much as you wish, beat them well, … Continue reading →

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More Blessings for Fishes

Posted on 7 July 2024 by carlton_bach

Yet more from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad Mensas, completing the list of fish: 57 May a piece of such a large fish among our foods be blessed Pars tanti piscis nostris benedicta sit ęscis 58 May God not permit this … Continue reading →

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Lenten Dessert

Posted on 6 April 2024 by carlton_bach

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

Posted on 5 April 2024 by carlton_bach

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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“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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Three Krapfen Fillings

Posted on 7 October 2023 by carlton_bach

I’m travelling again and just learned about sweet cabbage pies, but for today, all I have is three fillings for krapfen from the Mondseer Kochbuch: 53 To prepare good fritters (krapfen) when you fast Take nuts and pound them in … Continue reading →

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Fish with Almond Milk

Posted on 3 October 2023 by carlton_bach

The Mondseer Kochbuch has a section around the middle where a number of very similar recipes are grouped together. It looks as though someone drew on several related sources. These are all about fish with almond milk: 49 How to … Continue reading →

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Salmon Pastries

Posted on 25 August 2023 by carlton_bach

Another nice recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch: 17 How to fry salmon Take a salmon and scrape off its scales. Split it and cut it to pieces. Chop parsley and sage, take pounded ginger, pepper, and anise. Salt it in … Continue reading →

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Egg Loaf Roast from the Innsbruck MS

Posted on 14 May 2023 by carlton_bach

Another fake meat dish, this one made from eggs: 52 If you would make a roast of eggs, beat the eggs in a bowl, season them, salt them, and pour them into a bag. Let them boil in that so … Continue reading →

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