Roman Cookbooks
I had thought I had made a post on all my cookbooks, however I find that the several, many, few books I do have have not had a listing or commentary. So here goes!...
Historic Recipe Redactions Blog
Odd Bits (How to cook the rest of the Animal)
This is a bit of a rambling prelude for a really neat book. I have a friend who believes that meat appears mysteriously in the store wrapped in plastic. She’s only half joking. She...
Deboning a bird
Let’s talk birds. Small, medium or large. NO feathers please!! Unless the bird is a peacock or a pheasant with really gorgeous feathers, but that’s another post! So back to birds. There are a...
Roasted Hazelnuts
This is a simple posting for roasted hazelnuts (then candied). Hazelnuts are also known as filburt nuts. In period the nut was produced in Turkey, Italy and Greece. (Wikipedia) This is a very period...
Coffee in Period Research Paper
Coffee in Period By Honorable Lady Sosha Lyons O’Rourke Coffee is thought to be a new world indulgence in many areas. This is not the case. Coffee is recognized through various historic depictions, stories,...
Christmas Musing
So this month has been working on recipes for the upcoming Kingdom A&S competition. Yeah…well I have part of the recipes down but this year’s project isn’t going to happen in February. The reason,...
A Minced Pie
So I was drooling over the holiday recipes that every one has coming out and had wanted to do a mincemeat pie for ages. Well along comes a recipe I could not wait to...
Pumpes (Pork Meatballs)
I was asked to help do a Nobles Luncheon a little bit ago. I like luncheons. I do! They are fun more intimate and one person can cook for 20 instead of arm wrestling...