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The Anthropology of Food is an analysis of food in culture.  While the primary purpose for food is nutrition, it also has a cultural dimension by which people choose what they eat not only by flavor or nutritional value but by cultural, religious, economic, status and environmental factors.  - These pages are a collection of sampler recipes providing only a taste of the ancient world.

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14th Century English Feast __ "This meal is intended to represent a harvest time feast meal for a petty noble or lower-class merchant who has perhaps a reason to celebrate a new contract or a deal. It is not a fast or lenten day, when meat products must be avoided. There are several recipes given, which show a variation for a Ember day where no meat is allowed, but eggs and milk are allowed (versus a lenten fast day - no meat, no eggs, no milk, no animal products of any type except for fish.) The use of one illusion food (Pommes Dorrey) and the use of saffron in many of the dishes makes this a special feast both for the giver and the cook." - From kateryndedevelyn.org - http://www.kateryndedevelyn.org/englsh1.htm  

An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century __ A very long list of recipes plus a section on medical drinks and preparations. - From daviddfriedman.com - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian_contents.htm 

Cariadoc's Miscellany: Recipe Table of Contents __ You will find many Medieval European and Near Eastern recipes worked out from period or almost-period sources. - From pbm.com - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/recipe_toc.html

 

A Chaucerian Cookery __ Recipes, history and tales galore in this online book. - From godecookery.com - http://www.godecookery.com/chaucer/ccookery.htm 

COLLECTION: Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes __ "All from _The British Museum Cookbook_ by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, 1987, British Museum Publications." - From Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html 

Cooks.com - Recipes - Medieval __ You will find 6 recipes here. - from cooks.com - http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=medieval 

Gode Cookery __ Recipes, history and good fun. - illustrated - From godecookery.com - http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm 

 

Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes __ A small list but well worth checking out. - From Jennifer A. Newbury - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html 

Medieval bread __ An overview interspersed with a few bread recipes.  You will learn about whether or not sawdust was used to extend the flour and other informational tid-bits in this FAQ format. - From whirlwind-design.com - http://www.whirlwind-design.com/madbaker/breadfaq.html 

Medieval Cookery __ Dozens of recipes, menus, ingredient sources, history, general information tid-bits and more. Some recipes are so simple people may not believe they are medieval, but they are authentic. - From medievalcookery.com - http://www.medievalcookery.com/recipes.shtm

 

The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy, six recipes __ An excerpt from The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy.  "On the left, in italics, is the original medieval recipe in translation, followed by the authors' comments. On the right is the authors' revision of the recipe for the modern kitchen." - From uchicago.edu - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/706842.html 

Medieval Recipe Gallery __ Recipes for a five course feast. - From Linda Peterson - http://www.swcp.com/~mirhaxa/recipe.htm 

Medieval Recipes __ You will find a collection of recipes and links to related materials. - From Bill Gamber & Ken Withers - http://www.bitwise.net/~ken-bill/med-p1.htm 

 

Medieval Recipes __ "For the most part, these recipes come from the late Mediaeval period (after the Norman conquest of England). Hence there is a considerable continental influence on the food. We also see for the first time recipes incorporating rabbits rather than hares. [Normans having brought rabbits into Britain as a rare delicacy.] - From celtnet.org.uk - http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/medieval.html 

Medieval Recipes at Medieval.Net. __ You will find a half-dozen recipes here including good ol' ginger bread. - From medieval.net - http://www.medieval.net/recipes.htm 

Medieval Recipes from Various Sources __ A small collection of recipes. - From Black Tauna - http://members.tripod.com/BlackTauna/recipes.html 

Medieval and Renaissance Food Homepage __ Many recipes and links to related materials. - From pbm.com - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html 

Redacting Medieval Recipes __ To "redact" a recipe is to modernize it, in this case.  You will find several.  I have done the fish steaks and they are marvelous. - From David Salley - http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dpsalley/Recipes/ 

 

 

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