Tag Archives: preservation

Sugar-Preserved Quinces

Posted on 24 September 2025 by carlton_bach

I had a very bad few days, but going out, feeling the sun, meeting dragonflies and exploring our local public fruit trees made me feel much better. I was able to pick some beautifully fuzzy quinces and started looking for … Continue reading →

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Stockfish according to Balthasar Staindl

Posted on 15 September 2025 by carlton_bach

In celebration of the quick and trouble-free issuance of temporary ID papers, I can manage another post today. Balthasar Staindl had a way with stockfish. Several, in fact: To cook stockfish cxxviii) You must bleüwen (soak in lye?) stockfish and … Continue reading →

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Fish baked in a pastry

Posted on 7 September 2025 by carlton_bach

To mark the end of my brief excursion into cannibalism, I am back on safe ground with a fish recipe from Balthasar Staindl: Pastries of fish cxxvii)Take a large fish, and not too large. Cut it open and remove the … Continue reading →

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Vinegar-Pickled Cooked Fish

Posted on 22 July 2025 by carlton_bach

I already posted this recipe once before, but never really talked about it, and it is fascinating. Fish pickled in vinegar marinades is still a popular food in northern Europe, one German variety even bearing the name of the Iron … Continue reading →

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Parboiling Meat in Summer

Posted on 8 May 2025 by carlton_bach

My apologies for the long silence. I had planned to post a new recipe Sunday, but was laid low by a nasty GI infection that made it hard to write anything, least of all anything about food. Today, I’ll be … Continue reading →

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How To Cook Partridges

Posted on 28 February 2025 by carlton_bach

I apologise for the length of gaps between posts. My life and my other obligations leave me increasingly little room. Here are three ways of serving partridges from the Dorotheenkloster MS: 156 Of partridges Take three partridges, clean them well, … Continue reading →

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Cooking Preserved Sturgeon

Posted on 21 February 2025 by carlton_bach

My travel plans failed, but at least that gives me time to do a few more recipe translations. Here is one for preparing sturgeon: 147 A dish of sturgeons Take sturgeon (stueren, Accipenser sturio), salmon, or Beluga sturgeon (hausen, Huso … Continue reading →

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Stockfish Recipes

Posted on 8 February 2025 by carlton_bach

There are several recipes for stockfish in the Dorotheenkloster MS, and quite interesting ones: 129 A gmues of stockfish Take a stockfish and water it for two days and two nights. Take it out on the third day, remove (literally: … Continue reading →

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Drying Mushrooms

Posted on 6 February 2025 by carlton_bach

There are some interesting recipes hidden among the interminable list of gmues in the Dorotheenkloster MS. This is one of them: 122 A gmües of mushrooms (swammen) If you want to make gmües of mushrooms, pick them in May. Chop … Continue reading →

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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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