World's oldest recipe book reveals dishes English kings enjoyed 600 years ago

Daily Mail ^ | 02nd December 2009 | Liz Hull

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[dfwgator]

WHERE’S MY LUNCH....WHERE’S MY DINNER....WHERE’S MY HASENPFEFFER!!!

[Fenhalls555]

A lamprey:

“A lamprey (sometimes also calledlamprey eel) is a parasitic marine/aquatic animal with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey

[Fenhalls555]

“Scots do not consider themselves “British””

Perhaps nationalists don’t, but many do.

[Tainan]

Coitenly!...nyuk nyuk nyuk!

[Churchillspirit]

And where have you eaten English food?

[TigersEye]

recipe ping

[fanfan]

Have you knowingly eaten any of this stuff?

[60Gunner]

Or that timeless English epicurean delight, drowned baby.

From what I can gather, it was a kind of dessert made of some fruit (possibly plums) held together in a gelatinous substance. I read about it in one of the books in Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey and Maturin series.

The Brits may lay claim to many great things, but appetizing food names sure as hell ain't one of them.

[60Gunner]

Found the recipe for Drowned Baby:

One cup of stemmed raisins, one cup of sweet milk, three-quarters of a cup of chopped suet, one-half cup of molasses, two cups of flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, two eggs, a little salt. Steam one and a half hours in a covered dish.

WTH is it with the Brits and their creepy food names? No wonder their empire collapsed.

[mware]

Jellied eels is a traditional English dish that originated in the 18th century, primarily in London's East End. The dish consists of chopped eels boiled in a spiced stock that is allowed to cool and set, forming a jelly. It can be eaten hot or cold.

[Cloverfarm]

Yorkshire pudding doesn’t sound too bad.

I’ve wondered if I could attempt it, since our motto on the farm is “Give us this day our daily beef ...”

Even if their empire collapsed, they gave the world some excellent beef cattle — Herefords, Shorthorns and Angus (if you can include a Scottish breed)

[Zhang Fei]

No wonder their empire collapsed.

I wouldn't say that. Albion's seed has sprouted on two continents in the form of four separate countries - the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Added together, these territories are almost 50% larger than the Russian behemoth. For these countries, England will always be the Mother Country, and the Union Jack a welcome sight.

[sionnsar]

Have you knowingly eaten any of this stuff?

Yup, and repeatedly. Not most of it, but some of it sounds intriguing -- even to one of such sensitive stomach as I am suffering today in my illness.

[HungarianGypsy]

*Freeper Kitchen Ping*

Even linked this on my facebook.

[sionnsar]

Albion's seed has sprouted on two continents in the form of four separate countries - the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Added together, these territories are almost 50% larger than the Russian behemoth. For these countries, England will always be the Mother Country, and the Union Jack a welcome sight.

From a FReeper with a Chinese name, no less! We ("UK seed") have had our failings but (to use an old Gaelic video title) "The Seed is Strong."

Britain has had other successful plantings -- your typical Anglican for many decades has been an African woman: of the 77 million Anglicans worldwide, only a very few million are native English-speakers.

The British empire may be long since gone, but it has left many positive effects around the world. From what I have personally seen it has been a huge benefit to India -- the largest democracy (democratic republic?) in the world today.

[vox_freedom]

Oxymoron.....

That!!!

[metmom]

Actually, popovers (or Yorkshire pudding) is pretty good with a good roast and gravy.

[fightinJAG]

Interesting! Thanks.

This would make a great homeschool lesson.

[pandoraou812]

lol, I think I will stick to my own books.