[Sca-cooks] Period German Vegetables

[Volker Bach]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:18:05 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), "Amanda 
Blackwolf" <amandablackwolf at cox.net> wrote :

> I'm having a hard time finding vegetable dishes for a period (mostly) 
German
> Feast that I'm working up a bid for.....can anyone help me out by pointing
> the way?

Asuisde from Rumpoldt (which I was beaten to), you can also use recipes 
from Platina. The book was repeatedly printed and widely read in Germany, 
and the 1534 (IIRC) translation contains the veggie dishes in German. (the 
'Kuechenmaistrey' was also published fraudulently under Platina's name)

Then there's this from the Inntalkochbuch (late 15th/early 16th cent. South 
German):

<<50>> 
Gepraten arbaiss 
Mach ein chaltguss vnd seud sy darinn vnd 
zeuch dy pälg dauon vnd seud sy an dy stat 
vnd stoss in einen morser vnd tue honig dar-Þ 
ein vnd nim ein geribens prot mit VI aier 
tuter vnd tue smalcz darczu vnd nim dann ein 
hulczein spis vnd mache I praten vnd legs zue 
vnd prat in an dy stat vnd pegews in mit 
haissem smalcz. 

Fried peas

Take cold water and boil the peas in that, remove the skins and then boil 
them till done. Pound in a mortar, season with honey, and add grated bread 
with 6 egg yolks and lard. Take a wooden spit and shape a roast. Place it 
by (the fire) and roast it till done. Baste it with hot lard.


<<51>> 
Regen würm von arbaiss 
Item: gesoten in chaltguss, zeuch in dy pälg 
ab vnd gesoten an dy stat, treibs durch ein sib 
auf ein schüssel als regen würm. Vnd nim ein 
durchtriben senif vnd honig vnd machs ab mit 
saffran vnd gewürcz vnd gewss an dy arbaiss. 

Rainworms from peas

Item: boiled in cold water, remove their skins and boil them till done. 
Pass them through a sieve into a bowl as (to look like) rainworms. Then 
take stirred mustard and honey and season it with saffron and spices, and 
pour that over the peas.

Giano