SC - Mediaeval cookbooks to begin with

Elaine Koogler ekoogler at chesapeake.net
Thu Mar 23 06:22:45 PST 2000


I have also found "To the King's Taste", published by the Metropolitan Museum of
Fine Arts to be very helpful, with lots of good recipes.

Kiri

Phil Anderson wrote:

> Gwynydd writes:
>
> > BTW, on a similar subject - I have no medieval cookbooks in my oversized
> > cookbook collection.  Could the good gentles on this list put forward
> > their ideas for a good (and still available!) first cookbook.
>
> I recommend _Pleyn Delit_ and _The Medieval Kitchen_ to people
> looking to start assembling their mediaeval cookery resources. Both
> seem reasonably reliable and cover a range of different dishes
> (though I wish _Pleyn Delit_ gave quantities in metric).
>
> Edward Long-hair
> Southron Gaard, Caid
>
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