Fully tested recipe for Peerus in Confyt (Pears in Syrup) based on Richard II’s Forme of Cury. Contains the edited text and a translation of the original medieval recipe.
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In my study: reading and translating the John Rylands Forme of Cury
Dr Monk swaps the kitchen for his study to give you a behind the scenes look at the John Rylands Library copy of Forme of Cury (Richard II’s cookery book).
Wild about parsley?
What kind of parsley was used in medieval English cuisine? Today, parsley is nigh on ubiquitous. If we’re not growing it in our gardens, we’re growing it in squishy supermarket punnets on our kitchen windowsills. Or, may the culinary gods forgive us, we’ve got bunches of it languishing in our fridge salad draws! When beingContinue reading “Wild about parsley?”
MONK'S MODERN MEDIEVAL CUISINE 