The Medieval Way to Roast a Porpoise

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 19, 2009 at 4:42 am

For all the foodies – the John Rylands Library (U.K.) has now digitalized and published The Forme of Cury, a cookbook dating back to about 1420. Compiled by master cooks to Richard II, this book contains hundreds of recipes, and includes exotic dishes featuring porpoise and blancmange.

The recipe begins “For to make blanc mange” and goes on to say “put rice in water all night and in the morrow, wash it clean”.

“It’s not a like a modern cookery book so it doesn’t give you exact quantities and times,” said Mr Hodgson.

“The complete book – all 100 pages – is now available online so that anybody who is interested in cookery, well, you could actually make some of the recipes now.”

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Medieval Martial Arts: Lethal Puffy Pants

Posted by Alex in Fashion, Sports, Weapons & War on February 10, 2009 at 3:47 am


From De Arte Athletica by Paul Hector Mair (c. 1500) at the Bavarian State Library

Just because they wear colorful, puffy pants, it didn’t mean that these medieval martial artists weren’t deadly. Paul Hector Mair documented the various gruesome weapons used by fighters during medieval times in his manuscript De Arte Athletica.

You can browse the entire manuscript online (it’s 600 pages long), but if you’re short on time, BibilOdyssey has some choice illustrations: Link

 
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