[london.food] Tonight we're going to banquet like it's 1399

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From: Earle Martin
Subject: [london.food] Tonight we're going to banquet like it's 1399
Date: 19:18 on 30 Oct 2003
http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm

I'd be interested to hear what kind of results people get from these
recipes. Here's an example:

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Makerouns

Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh, and kerue it on pieces, and
cast hym on boiling water & seeth it wele. Take chese and grate it, and
butter imelte, cast bynethen and abouven as losyns; and serue forth.
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If it's not obvious, don't worry - there are English translations.

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Macaroni

Take a piece of thin pastry dough and cut it in pieces, place in boiling 
water and cook. Take grated cheese, melted butter, and arrange in layers 
like lasagna; serve.
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Sound familiar? Each recipe also comes with a full-details version as well.

Staying on the topic of historical cookery, I recently bought a massive,
encyclopedia-thick Victorian cookbook. I'll be trying out some of the
recipes and posting my results here soon. (I wish I had a lot more time; the
entire thing deserves to be on the Web.)


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Earle Martin
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