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Knight's Dishes: Authentic Recipes from the Middle Ages

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Highlights

The cookbook "Knights' Feasts" offers an authentic glimpse into the culinary world of the Middle Ages, bringing the atmosphere of stately castle kitchens directly into your home.

  • Extensive collection with over 50 historically inspired recipes, from meat dishes to traditional baked goods
  • Expert insights into medieval herbalism, hunting customs, and original historical sources
  • High-quality illustrated book with full-color illustrations throughout, spanning approximately 96 pages
  • Practical selection of recipes using predominantly regional ingredients for easy preparation
  • Fascinating background information on the eating habits of knights, lords, and nobility
  • Ideal reference work for reenactment enthusiasts and lovers of historical cuisine
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Westpark Music, Rathenauplatz 4, 50674 Cologne, westparkmusic@netcologne.de
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The book presents a variety of medieval dishes, including game and poultry dishes, fish dishes, sauces, porridges, and pastries. The recipes have been specially adapted for modern cooking and can be easily prepared using common ingredients and kitchen equipment.
What ingredients are mainly used for the 50 recipes included in the book, and is special kitchen equipment required for preparing the medieval dishes?

The 50 recipes in the book primarily use simple, authentic ingredients such as eggs, milk, sugar, salt, and stale bread or rolls. Preparing these medieval dishes requires no special kitchen equipment, as they can be cooked on the stovetop or in the oven using common utensils like bowls and pans.
Does the book "Knights' Meals" also offer background information on medieval table culture, and what historical sources served as the basis for the authentic compilation of the recipes?

Yes, the book offers extensive background information on medieval food and table culture, as well as the cultural context of the dishes. Historical sources for the authentic compilation of recipes included important medieval cookbooks such as the "Buoch von guoter Spise" (the oldest German cookbook, dating from around 1350), the "Ménagier de Paris," the "Viandier de Taillevent," and the English recipe collection "Forme of Cury." In addition, the information is based on literary works, chronicles, monastic accounts, and archaeological findings.
To what extent do the colored illustrations in the book support the practical implementation of the recipes, and does the collection also contain special suggestions for meatless fasting dishes or grain dishes?

The colorful illustrations serve to visualize the final results of the recipes and inspire readers to try them out. The recipe collection offers a variety of meatless Lenten dishes and grain-based meals, including: - Grain dishes such as bulgur wheat and vegetable stir-fry, oatmeal patties, millet porridge, and various risotto variations

- Meatless Lenten dishes such as Lenten goulash with potatoes and parsnips, lentil fritters, and various vegetable soups (e.g., bean and watercress soup or Hildegard von Bingen's Lenten broth)

- Special suggestions such as Brennsuppe (a type of soup) with rye bread dumplings or sweet Lenten dishes such as quark dumplings and warm breakfast porridge