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Category Archives: Medieval ingredients

Recipe experiment: flampens

Following on from my post on young cheese, here’s my experiment in reproducing the medieval English recipe that used this marvellous ingredient.

Posted byChristopher MonkJune 15, 2025June 18, 2025Posted inExperiments, Medieval ingredients, PastryTags:medieval cheese, medieval pastry7 Comments on Recipe experiment: flampens

Shining a light on… young cheese

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 41v

Continuing the series on rarely mentioned ingredients, this time the llight is shone onto ‘tender chese’.

Posted byChristopher MonkMay 14, 2025Posted inMedieval ingredientsTags:Fourme of Cury, medieval cheese13 Comments on Shining a light on… young cheese

Shining a light on… the heading cabbage

We might think that cabbage has always been peasant fare. In this post, I explore the history of the so-called heading cabbage, a ‘fancy’ vegetable in 14th-century England.

Posted byChristopher MonkApril 6, 2025April 12, 2025Posted inMedieval ingredientsTags:cabbages, Fourme of Cury, medieval food9 Comments on Shining a light on… the heading cabbage

Shining a light on medieval ingredients

Long pepper is the first ingredient in my ‘Shine a light on medieval ingredients’ series. And there’s an experimental recipe for you to try.

Posted byChristopher MonkMarch 12, 2025March 21, 2025Posted inMedieval ingredients, SpicesTags:medieval food21 Comments on Shining a light on medieval ingredients

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