The humble chickpea was quite the thing in Richard II’s court! In this post, you’ll find a potted history of this legume in medieval England, as well as links to two of my recipes.
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Beet it!
Seven things you never knew you needed to know about beetroot in medieval England. Glorious!
Oh, and there’s a modern-though-medieval-spiced, pickled beetroot recipe from Ray. Delicious!
More on Parsley
What do pre-Conquest documents show about the use of parsley in early medieval England? One of the things I didn’t go into much detail about in my recent post Wild about parsley? was the use of parsley in medicine in early medieval England (more familiarly, the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ period). So I thought I would just shareContinue reading “More on Parsley”
MONK'S MODERN MEDIEVAL CUISINE 