Posted on 12/02/2009 3:40:52 PM PST by Fenhalls555
Dishes of chicken blancmange and porpoise porridge are unlikely to whet the appetite of most modern food lovers.
But such recipes were apparently fit for a king 600 years ago.
Written by chefs employed by Richard II, they are included in what is thought to be the world's oldest cookbook.
The unusual dishes rival modern creations by British TV chef Heston Blumenthal, who is famous for his snail porridge.
Experts from Manchester University's John Rylands Library, who discovered the manuscript, have translated a handful of its 150 recipes, which are written in Middle English and date back to 1390.
They include frumenty, a porridge-type dish made of bulghar wheat, chicken stock and saffron, and payn puff, a dish of boiled fruits wrapped in pastry.
The unusual cookbook, called the Forme of Cury, is believed to have contained dishes to feed servants and the royal family alike
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bttt
WHERE’S MY LUNCH....WHERE’S MY DINNER....WHERE’S MY HASENPFEFFER!!!
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
“Scots do not consider themselves “British””
Perhaps nationalists don’t, but many do.
recipe ping
Have you knowingly eaten any of this stuff?
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
Even linked this on my facebook.
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.
That!!!
Actually, popovers (or Yorkshire pudding) is pretty good with a good roast and gravy.
Interesting! Thanks.
This would make a great homeschool lesson.
lol, I think I will stick to my own books.
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