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Category Archives: Offal

More on brains: a 15th-century recipe for calves’ or pigs’ brains

More on English medieval recipes that use brains. This “new” recipe is remarkably similar to modern day dishes using brains and eggs.

Posted byChristopher MonkOctober 29, 2022October 29, 2022Posted inFood history, OffalTags:medieval cookery, medieval food10 Comments on More on brains: a 15th-century recipe for calves’ or pigs’ brains

Language of Cookery 9: From brawn to brains

Did King Richard II have pig’s brain on the household menu? What’s the evidence for medieval English folk consuming animal brains?

Posted byChristopher MonkOctober 8, 2022October 26, 2022Posted inFood history, Language of cookery, Offal17 Comments on Language of Cookery 9: From brawn to brains

Medieval culinary glossary: numbles

You may have heard of numbles, but what are they exactly? What does the evidence from medieval texts suggest?
Find out in the latest excerpt from my medieval culinary glossary.

Posted byChristopher MonkSeptember 14, 2022November 14, 2022Posted inGlossary, OffalTags:Fourme of Cury, medieval food4 Comments on Medieval culinary glossary: numbles

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