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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…

5 years ago

Pickled anchovies

For the third course of the menu with adapted recipes in the edition of Het excellente kookboek (The Excellent Cookbook)…

5 years ago

Nineteenth-century Anchovy Toast

The recipe on this page was my Christmas card from 2018. Christine Charlotte Riedl The illustration above is from the…

6 years ago

Chestnut Pie

Straight to the recipe Chestnut are a symbol of autumn, whether they are the toxic horse chestnuts that are so…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Mille-feuille the Dutch way

Straight to the recipe Tompouce is the Dutch version of mille-feuille. It is popular throughout the year, but on some…

6 years ago

An old family recipe

I have good memories of this salad. My grandmother (on the right, with me on her lap) prepared it during…

6 years ago

Excellent almond cookies

Straight to the recipe In the Middle Ages, cookies were served during the banquet or the final course of a…

6 years ago

Medieval onion stew

Straight to the recipe The recipe for this nourishing dish has survived in several medieval English manuscripts. Although it is…

6 years ago