historic recipes

Historical Cooking, Week 6: Fried Snails

17 November 2016
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17th Century cooking, general information, How-To's, Manuscript Collection

This week Sean is brave enough to attempt a fried snail dish from our recipe book – the complete manuscript is available for viewing on… Read More »Historical Cooking, Week 6: Fried Snails

Historical Cooking, Week 5: Soup

10 November 2016
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17th Century cooking, general information, How-To's, Manuscript Collection

This week we have a guest post from Amanda Zoch in the USA who attempts to make a soup from our recipe book – the… Read More »Historical Cooking, Week 5: Soup

Dish Cake, Blaten Küchlin

27 October 2016
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17th Century cooking, Activities, Manuscript Collection

This week Fiona Menzies has a go at ‘Dish Cake’. Ein guten theil eyer klopft wol in einer blaten, auch milch darunder, mach mit saltz… Read More »Dish Cake, Blaten Küchlin

52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 26: Brewing Scurvy Grass Ale!

This week’s How-to post gave an excuse for our two departmental home-brewers, Marc and Daryl, to stretch their boundaries to adapt a strange recipe for… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 26: Brewing Scurvy Grass Ale!