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Favourite Cook Books no. 3: The Forme of Cury, part 2 – recipes
The vellum scroll rolled up (British Museum) As promised in my previous post, a few recipes from the Forme of Cury. I have translated them into modern English, so you can follow them a bit easier. For the hippocras drink, … Continue reading
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Favourite Cook Books no.3: The Forme of Cury, Part I
Some original text from the Form of Cury – a recipe for blank mang (British Library) The Forme of Cury (literally, A Method of Cookery) is Britain’s earliest known cook book, dating from around 1390. … Continue reading
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Manchets and Payndemayn
Some of this article contains premium content just for subscribers, if you are not a subscriber, but would like to be one, follow the link further down the page. As I mentioned last post, I used Elizabeth David’s research on … Continue reading
Blue Cheese Ice Cream with Poached Pears
As I promised in my last post, I have a second cheese recipe for you that uses a traditionally-made British cheese. Harvey & Brockless sent me a whole loads of excellent cheeses and other goodies, and tucked in there was … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Well I didn’t think I would be starting my New Year post in the same way as last year’s, but hey: “2020 2021 is finally over, and 2021 2022 is here. I hope the blog has been a bit of … Continue reading
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To Make Frumenty/Furmenty
This post complements the episode ‘Forme of Cury with Christopher Monk’ on The British Food History Podcast. This post is for subscribers only. Subscribers get access to my Easter Eggs tab – full of extra interviews, outtakes and other bits … Continue reading
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Easter Eggs
Welcome to my Easter Eggs. Contained within this page are tasty morsels for monthly subscribers. Subscriptions help support the blogs and podcast, and every penny will go towards making more content. Click here for more information. There are also extra … Continue reading
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Forgotten Foods #8: The Grey Heron
When we think of the meat that was eaten at mediaeval feasts, we conjure up images of huge pieces of roast ox, venison or wild boar’s head. There was, in fact, a wide variety of meats, especially wild birds. One … Continue reading
Lent podcast episode 2: Fish & Humours
In this episode we look at the history of Lent: When was it enforced? What were the rules? That sort of thing. Neil looks at how the belief in the four humours shaped what we ate in Lent, and how … Continue reading
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Medieval Rose Pudding (Rosee)
Last post I wrote about my little experiment making almond milk. With my batch I decided to make a mediaeval recipe from the first cook book in English, Forme of Cury. It was written around 1390 by the cooks of … Continue reading
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British Food: A History 