Here’s my modern English translation of a Middle English translation of a Latin text on cheesemaking. Fascinating!
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New Premium Content video: Roasting, part 2
Roasting, Part Two: Cocagrys
Dr Monk guides you through the script of the original recipe in the John Rylands Library manuscript before exploring how the dish was prepared and cooked.
Premium Content: Reading Chycches
One for my Premium Content Subscribers. Listen to me read the Middle English recipe Chycches. With translation and commentary on the recipe.
Some follow-up thoughts on Forme of Cury video
More information about the John Rylands Library version of Forme of Cury… and a theory about who may have commissioned the copying of the text into the British Library roll.
MONK'S MODERN MEDIEVAL CUISINE 