This is taken from Das Ackerwerk by Lucii Columellae and Palladii (1536) - an ancient Roman text.  It is clear that it is a translation of the Latin text "De Re Rustica", and there is some difficulty with the translator identifying the original plants.    One of the big problems is that looking up some of the plant names in 16th century herbals ( Read more... )

Deutsche SpeisekammerHere is a snippet from a poem about farmers with a reference to food storage:


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I was excited to find a cookbook that seems to be based on the Saxon region of Germany! Now I have clothing inventories and a cookbook for my persona. I was most excited to see a recipe for the town next door - Chicken from Zwickau. The oddest things make me happy.  It's called "Allerlei speisen vortreffliches"


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I haven't posted for a while, and I'm missing it!  To quote freewaydiva "Damn you pinterest!"  And I have to learn to moderate FB somehow.  But I might miss something!

I did a little work on 16th century German verjus making instructions and wanted to get them posted.

Augsburg cookbook belonging to Maria Stenglerin, 1554
Ain agrest zu machen.
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In 1586 the miller of Kloschwitz near the town of Plauen in Saxony left a rather sizable dowry for his daughter. Here's Kloschwitz on google mapsThis is especially exciting for me as my SCA late period persona is a Saxon, from my ancestral town of Werdau. Kloschwitz is about 30 miles to the south. The dowry includes cloth and cost to make several ( Read more... )