I took a little side trip to see how I am doing on being able to read cooking manuscripts.  Not too bad!  At first I was a thinking whoa, this is too hard, but then I remembered that I have to practice before I can read these things.  I started an index for this, and got through the first 25 pages and the manuscript came to life ( Read more... )

Like I need yet another shiny distraction, the new Gauntlet has an article on French period cookbooks and culinary works.  And of course, not having read through any French texts yet I was drawn like a moth to a flame.

I just wanted to note, because rectangularcat will like it, that on page 839 of the pdf accessible here:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark ( Read more... )

Capon, blancmange and rice wurst.  It looks like the rice wurst has a sort of proto-Hollandaise sauce.  I'm still struggling with what Stiche means - maybe spit roasted meat (stich can mean spit - or anything pointy).

ETA:  Stiche is most likely pork jowl  - the dictionary implies several meanings, including lungs/liver, but the most common meaning ( Read more... )

Schwein Leberwürste

Man hackt durch einander Schweinflomen / ver-
wellete Schweinlebern / gestossen wacholderbirn /
machts in Schweindarm / etc.

Pork Liverwurst

One chops together pork kidney fat /
boiled pork liver / crushed elderberries
make in a pork intestine / etc.

Rothwürste zumachen
Man schneidet ein wenig vom Stiche in würffel /
vermischets ( Read more... )

Of Veal Liverwurst ( Read more... )

More from Rontzier (1598 ( Read more... )

I really think the second beef sausage sounds divine.
Bradfeist I interpret as pan drippings.

Von Rindern Würsten
I.
Von Rindfleisch trucken auff ein
Rost braun gebraten /vnd mit Butter / gan-
tzem Pfeffer / zerstossem haberköhm vnd
Slatz durch einander gehackt / macht man Würst
So zu kochen vnd braten nütze  sein / etc.
2.  Rinder Mörbraten mit Speck / ( Read more... )

Part 2 of the Rontzier sausage a-go-go

I'm not sure what haberköhm (haberkamm) is.  I'm sure it isn't written as haberkorn though.  I'll look more tomrrow in the library.

ETA. Ahhh, haberköhm is haberkümmel - which in this case I think is cumin.

Hirschmörbraten Würst
I.
Man hackt hirschmörbraten mit
Schweinflomen / machts ab mit Saltz /
Weinessig / ( Read more... )

From Rontzier (1598 ( Read more... )