From the category archives:

Vintage Food

Pumpes {decorated meatballs}

9 November 2011 Recipes
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Here’s one 15th century dish that probably graced the Court banquets of flamboyant Richard II. This guy was all about the glitz. Bejewelled and embroidered outfits, even a bit of fur. On the dining table much of the food was tinted gold with saffron, made into patterns or sprinkled with flowers to reflect his luxurious extravagance, wealth and regality. I [...]

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Gruem vel anatem {duck in spiced gravy}

10 August 2011 Recipes
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The produce from Game Farm is something I’m all too familiar with as I occasionally use their birds at home in some kind of dish such as the stuffed quail I did recently. The party pack I received from Game Farm ( I call it a party pack because the variety of birds it contained was [...]

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Aliter dulcia {another sweet}

28 July 2011 Cakes
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I’ve always been interested foods from the past and have had a couple of books on the subject since my late teenage years, yet never really made much from them. I’m fascinated by what folk ate back in the Middle Ages and their heavy use of spices and ingredients considered valuable and precious, much of which [...]

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