Tag Archives: Oeconomia ruralis et domestica

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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Experiment: Bread Dumplings

Posted on 10 April 2023 by carlton_bach

More of our peasant food experiments. These recipes are two previously posted varieties of bread dumplings from the Oeconomia ruralis et domestica: (marginalia: To make dumplings in another way) Or take white bread (Semmel), lay them in water and let … Continue reading →

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Veal Dumplings and Onion Garlic Sauce

Posted on 9 April 2023 by carlton_bach

The second entry from our peasant recipe experiment features veal dumplings and a highly speculative onion sauce. The dumpling recipe, which already featured here, is from the Oeconomia and is actually not associated with peasants except through the company it … Continue reading →

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