Tag Archives: Oeconomia ruralis et domestica

Testing the Sloe Mustard

Posted on 13 January 2025 by carlton_bach

To make up for my longer absence over the weekend, here is a second post. Last autumn, I collected sloes to try out a few recipes. One of them was for a mustard from the Oeconomia ruralis et domestica: However, … Continue reading →

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Salt Smoked Meat

Posted on 12 November 2024 by carlton_bach

Another short recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection tonight. 234 How to make good salted (diges) meat that turns red Item whoever wants to make salted (diges) meat so it turns nicely red and tastes good, whether it is ox tongues … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Cabbage Head

Posted on 3 November 2024 by carlton_bach

Just a brief recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection today: 233 If you want to make white filled cabbage (gefiltz kraut) Take the cabbage and hollow it out so it becomes entirely empty. Make a filling of veal, good fat from … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with Sloes

Posted on 24 September 2024 by carlton_bach

While I was walking with my girlfriend on Sunday, we noticed a lovely stand of blackthorn on public land. Today, I went back there to gather some sloes and try out recipes. I had two in mind. The first is … Continue reading →

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Ragged Mus, a Milk Pasta

Posted on 6 September 2024 by carlton_bach

Today, it’s another short recipe from the collection of Philippine Welser, but a very interesting one: 162 If you want to make a ragged Mus (hader muß) Take an egg or 2 for 8 portions (barschonen). Prepare a fine dough … Continue reading →

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Another Pumpkin Tart

Posted on 1 March 2024 by carlton_bach

Philippine Welser’s recipe collection also has a pumpkin tart: 43 If you want to make pumpkin tart Take pumpkin and let it boil long (jber syedenn) and chop it small. Take grated bread and cheese and put it in. Add … Continue reading →

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450 Years of Herbs in Cheese

Posted on 19 November 2023 by carlton_bach

Today, I wanted to post another small detail from the Macer Floridus, this one pertaining to making cheese: 1583 Its (mint) juice aids small cheeses not to rot if it is added or the green herb is placed upon the … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Pie Trial

Posted on 7 November 2023 by carlton_bach

I’m a bit frazzled preparing for the coming weekend, but here is another experiment: The pumpkin pie recipe from Johannes Coler. Pumpkin tart (Kuchen) You cook the flesh of the pumpkin in water and then pass it through (a cloth … Continue reading →

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Shaggy Mus – Milk Pasta

Posted on 23 April 2023 by carlton_bach

Today’s recipe from the Innsbruck MS is part of an interesting tradition, and it illustrates why names mean relatively little when you are researching German recipes: 25 If you would make a shaggy Mus (zottet müez), make sheets of dough … Continue reading →

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Beer Against Tiredness from Traveling

Posted on 20 April 2023 by carlton_bach

I am still on the train back home from an amazing two days at a culinary history event hosted by the Instytut Polski in Düsseldorf where I was privileged to present a historic recipe, meet some leading culinary history researchers, … Continue reading →

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