Rumpolt was [Sca-cooks] Eastern European History

[Decker, Terry D.]

Max Rumpolt was a 16th Century German cook from Hungary (and apparently of
Wallachian descent) who wrote Ein neu Kochbuch (1581).  It is of interest
because it contains some of the earliest known recipes for some of the New
World foodstuffs.  The book also provides instructions for ordering kitchen
and staff.

Thomas Gloning has webbed transcriptions of various sections of the book at:

http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/kobu.htm

And a translation has been undertaken by Gwen-Cat.

Bear

> OK, I've been reading this whole discussion, and I finally
> have to admit
> - I don't know who Rumpolt was, or what he wrote. Other than,
> of course,
> the quoted passage.
>
> Would someone please enlighten me?
>
> Anne
>
> >   But
> > you should probably read Rumpolt first ;-).
> >
> > Adamantius
> >