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Tulip bulb soup

Straight to the recipe A recipe from the Hunger Winter ’44/’45 I have deliberated for a long time whether to publish this recipe. For some Dutch people this dish raises memories to a traumatic period in their lives. It was a means of survival during the infamous hunger winter of 1944/1945. More recently, tulip bulb…

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Filed Under: 20th century, Netherlands, Soup, Meat nor fish (vegetarian) Tagged With: onion, bulb, curry Gepubliceerd op 7 April 2018Laatste wijziging 19 February 2022

Chicken with redcurrant sauce

Straight to the recipe A bright summer-sauce from the sixteenth century Blackbirds, thrushes, finches – who doesn’t enjoy hearing these beautifully singing birds? Except of course if you happen to grow currants in your garden. Then suddenly these birds turn into voracious monsters that plunder the bushes before you’ve had the chance to harvest a…

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Filed Under: Middle Ages, 16th century, Netherlands, Main dish, With meat Tagged With: sugar, currants, chicken, egg Gepubliceerd op 1 July 2010Laatste wijziging 15 February 2022

An old family recipe

I have good memories of this salad. My grandmother (on the right, with me on her lap) prepared it during long vacations during the summer in Maastricht, the Southern-most city of the Netherlands, when it was very hot. My mother also had it on her repertoire as an easy meal during heatwaves. So this is…

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Filed Under: Traditional, Netherlands, Lucheon dish, First course, Main dish, Meat nor fish (vegetarian) Tagged With: salad, potato, heat wave Gepubliceerd op 5 May 2020Laatste wijziging 1 November 2021

Medieval apple sauce

Disgustingly healthy! Apple sauce is a medieval relic. It was a popular dish, considering the many recipes for apple sauce that can be found in medieval cookbooks all over Europe. Some of those recipes are rather unusual, like the following recipe for apple sauce with … fish liver! The recipe’s title is ‘appelmoes in de vastene’ (apple…

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Filed Under: Middle Ages, England, Netherlands, Side dish, With fish (pescetarian) Tagged With: saffron, lent, ginger, apple, almond Gepubliceerd op 21 December 2006Laatste wijziging 20 July 2021

Real Dutch ‘Slavink’

A very special meatball This meat dish is typically Dutch. I have not been able to find an exact translation of the name slavink, which derives from slagvink, a singing finch. Some Dutch/English dictionaries translate it with kromeski, but since that is dipped in batter and deep-fried, it is not the same dish. If you want to know how…

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Filed Under: Modern, Netherlands, Main dish, With meat Tagged With: pork Gepubliceerd op 17 June 2012Laatste wijziging 10 June 2021

Capon with caper-sauce

Straight to the recipe Prepared ‘Ă  la braise’ A delicious dish from the nineteenth century that is easy to prepare. How delicious exactly, depends on the poultry (a real capon -mouthwatering but expensive-, a good poularde -very tasty as well-, or the watery pale poor industrial chicken -bleh-) and the stock you use (homemade chicken stock or a…

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Filed Under: 19th century, Germany, Netherlands, Main dish, With meat Tagged With: sauce, capers, chicken Gepubliceerd op 2 May 2002Laatste wijziging 10 June 2021

Herb soup with potato dumplings

Straight to the recipe A delicate herald of Spring The text for this recipe is from a cookbook from the nineteenth century, but in fact the recipe is older. In Le cuisinier from Pierre de Lune (1656) there is a ‘potage the santĂ©’ with sorrel, purslane, chervil and herbs, and no doubt there are other comparable recipes. Two…

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Filed Under: 19th century, Germany, Netherlands, Soup, With meat, Meat nor fish (vegetarian) Tagged With: potato, purslane, sorrel, lettuce, parsley, tarragon Gepubliceerd op 27 April 2006Laatste wijziging 10 June 2021

Delicious custard recipes

A Dutch orginal dessert Vla (  ), a kind of custard, is the favourite dessert for most Dutch people. It is ready-bought at supermarkets, and seldom prepared at home. In the past, custard was prepared with just eggs and milk (see this recipe for Custard with macaroons), but custard powder is also an excellent way…

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Filed Under: Technique, Traditional, Netherlands, Dessert Tagged With: sinaasappel, orange, koffie, cacao, cocoa, coffee, ei Gepubliceerd op 1 November 2011Laatste wijziging 10 February 2021

Barley porridge for the ill

Straight to the recipe Who is still eating porridge nowadays? For my grandfather, born in 1904, it was breakfast. Often from oats, but sometimes it was ‘lammetjespap’ (‘lamb porridge’, with milk and flour). We, grandchildren used to breakfast with bread, thought this an exotic habit. But now, I love to start the day with hot…

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Filed Under: 16th century, Netherlands, Breakfast or brunch Tagged With: beer, barley Gepubliceerd op 11 October 2020Laatste wijziging 1 January 2021

Cherry custard from the sixteenth century

This recipe is from The Excellent Cookbook from Carolus Battus, published in 1593. Marleen Willbrands and I (Christianne Muusers) have published an edition of this cookbook, with a facsimile and translation in modern Dutch and introduction on the life and works of the author, sixteenth-century views on haelth and diet, kitchenware and cuisine of the…

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Filed Under: 16th century, Netherlands, Side dish, Dessert Tagged With: cinnamon Gepubliceerd op 30 December 2020Laatste wijziging 31 December 2020

Medieval Easter Eggs

Straight to the recipe Playing with colours During Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday before Easter, eggs were banned from the table. But as the days started to grow longer again after the winter solstice, hens began laying their eggs again! So you can bet that on Easter Sunday, when…

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Filed Under: Middle Ages, Germany, Lucheon dish, Snack, Meat nor fish (vegetarian) Tagged With: reuzel, saffron, lard, pasen, parsley, ei, egg, easter Gepubliceerd op 29 February 2012Laatste wijziging 23 December 2020

Pickled anchovies

For the third course of the menu with adapted recipes in the edition of Het excellente kookboek (The Excellent Cookbook) we decided to put some anchovies on the table as well. There is a still life by the German painter Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1657) with a dish filled with anchovies as centre piece.  It looks like…

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Filed Under: Technique, 17th century, Snack, Condiment, With fish (pescetarian) Tagged With: salt, anchovy Gepubliceerd op 20 December 2020Laatste wijziging 21 December 2020

Medieval pea soup

Very simple The recipe is taken from ms KANTL Gent 15, second part. Edition: W.L. Braekman, Een nieuw zuidnederlands kookboek uit de vijftiende eeuw. Scripta 17, Brussel, 1986, recipe nr 92 (edition p.53). About this manuscript. The erweijten (peas) in this recipe can mean either green peas or marrow fat (or field) peas. The liquid in which peas were…

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Filed Under: Middle Ages, Netherlands, Soup, Meat nor fish (vegetarian) Tagged With: saffron, peas, cumin Gepubliceerd op 28 August 2003Laatste wijziging 13 November 2020

Chestnut Pie

Straight to the recipe Chestnut are a symbol of autumn, whether they are the toxic horse chestnuts that are so much fun for children to play with (it’s safe, as long as you don’t eat them), or delicious sweet chestnuts. This is not the first recipe with chestnuts (Castanea sativa) on Coquinaria, but this is…

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Filed Under: 18th century, Germany, Sweet pastry Tagged With: rose water, chestnut, amandelen Gepubliceerd op 21 October 2020Laatste wijziging 22 October 2020

Melon pie from the eighteenth century

Straight to the recipe Deze meloentaart is heerlijk bij koffie of thee, maar in de achttiende eeuw werd hij tegelijk met de tweede gang met vlees- en groentegerechten geserveerd. Het recept komt uit het Hollands of Neederlands kookboek (HNK) uit 1724. Ondanks de patriottische titel heeft dit kookboek vooral uit Franse bronnen geput, met name…

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Filed Under: 17th century, 18th century, France, Netherlands, Sweet pastry Tagged With: meloen, orange flower water Gepubliceerd op 30 August 2020Laatste wijziging 22 October 2020

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