A big thank you for making 2024 at Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine a record-breaking one! Despite surgery, illness and family bereavement limiting my output, I had the largest number of visitors (14.2k) and views (20.1k) I’ve had since starting this website back in May 2019. I’m amazed!
So thank you so much to everyone who’s read a blog post, downloaded a recipe, watched a video, or left a comment.
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Top 5 blog posts in 2024
In case you’ve missed any of these – or just wish to revisit them – here are the top five most viewed blog posts of 2024.
No. 5, Rich, gluten-free chestnut pastry dough (594 views)
Being someone who can’t digest gluten, this April 2023 post is close to my heart. My recipe for this pastry draws upon an early 14th-century Anglo-Norman recipe.
No. 4, Monks & Meat (679)
This food history post has consistently sparked interest since being published in April 2022. So, did medieval monks eat meat?
No.3, Sugary comfort: making medieval comfits (1,137)
Published more than four years ago – October 2020 – people seem to be drawn to this subject regularly, and this year it brought in its most views ever. The post provides my translation and interpretation of a detailed, early fifteenth-century Middle English recipe. Go get some sugar!
No. 2, Cabbage pottage, not just for peasants (1,304)
Everyone loves cabbage, don’t they? Maybe not. Published in January, this is my best performing 2024 post. It’s probably what people like best: a bit of food history with a recipe. I promise, this cabbage dish is delicious.
No. 1, Jelly in 13th– and 14th-century England (1,429).
Just pipping the cabbage post to no. 1 is my all-time, most-viewed post about, of all things, jelly! Love it or loath it, the wobbly stuff appears to fascinate people. This year it garnered its largest ever viewership making an all-time grand total of over 4.4 thousand views since first being published in August 2021. Mad.
Happy New Year, everyone! And here’s hoping for a productive 2025.
Image at top:Two musicians. Cantigas de Santa María, Códice de los músicos, Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial (RBME), Patrimonio Nacional, B-1-2, folio 334r; Link: Cantigas de Santa María, Códice de los músicos · Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial · Real Biblioteca Digital. Image via Wikipedia: File:Cantiga pipe and tabor.jpg – Wikimedia Commons
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Happy New Year to you too. Thank you for your wonderful posts and recipes.
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Oh, thank you! Much appreciated 😊.
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