Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Lost Food


The names of some foods, mostly Medieval & Elizabethan, lost to the English table and the English language.

I have just made Medlar Cheese, which is a delicious confection.

Click on the Image to better read the Names

4 comments:

  1. What are fluumpens?
    I once knew a horse called Salmagundi.

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  2. Flaumpens is a traditional Medieval recipe for pie of pork, eggs and cheese
    apparantly

    salmagundi is a great word, isn't it?

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  3. Thank you Paul.
    I just came back to make a correction; it was Tabasco, one of Salmagundi's sons, that I knew personally.

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  4. And these days racehorses are called such disrespectful names as Whobegotyou and Dead Rabbits.

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