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Gyngerbrede honey, saffron, powdered pepper, cinnamon... (A medieval recipe for gingerbread features in a 15th-century English cookery book (Harley MS 279) via
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Yup, there's saffron, pepper and cinnamon ('canelle'): there's a transcription and explanation in the linked blog post. Which comments on surprising absence of ginger - possibly just a mistake when copying out!
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Have you found a recipe for medieval cheesecakes?
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Wasn’t expecting the saffron and pepper but makes sense gives the spices accesible at the time.
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Is that better or worse than the recipe that includes something in an ingredients list that then doesn't feature in the method?
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There is a similar Lebkuchen recipe from the convent of Günterstal (near Freiburg) ed. by Ed Wareham for his
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@MS_a_hicks are you going to bring these in January?!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Saffron and Cinnamon = ginger taste?! Who knows! Maybe the colour was gingery?
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