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Tag Archives: Lent
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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Tagged 15th century, 16th century, Cgm 384, experiment, Königsberg MS, Lent, Mondseer Kochbuch
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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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Tagged 15th century, 16th century, Anna Wecker, experiment, kuchenmaistrey, Lent, Meister Hans
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“Of Jerusalem”
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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Tagged 15th century, Buoch von Guoter Spise, Lent, Mondseer Kochbuch, parallel
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Three Krapfen Fillings
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
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
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
Egg Loaf Roast from the Innsbruck MS
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
Almond cheeses from the Innsbruck MS
I am very glad to say that I can type again (though carefully) and thus will resume my semi-regular recipe postings. For today, a few short and mildly confusing ones for illusion food: 44 If you would make a curd … Continue reading
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Rumpolt on cooking Plateissen
I will be quite busy the coming week and do not expect to be posting much, so here is a set of recipes from Rumpolt to keep you busy. They are for the dried flatfish that were known and widely … Continue reading
Fake Hard-Boiled Eggs
From the Kuenstlichs und Fuertrefflichs Kochbuch, another recipe for fake eggs. 63 Hard-Boiled Eggs with Almonds Take blanched almond kernels, grind them small, and colour yellow as much as is required for the yolk. Take eggshells and pour out (thus… … Continue reading