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What is a “Postej” or “pye”?
I use the Danish word postej to describe this dish but in the English medieval literature they are tend to be called “pye”. What we today would call a pie. Sometimes they are also called a Pâté. A...
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New blog: Food & History
I have moved my blogging on food, history and food history to a new blog, because it didn’t really belong here. For now I keep the recipes up but I think I will remove them from the menu. You can...
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Mit vilde vikingekøkken
Title: Mit vilde vikingekøkken Author: Jim Lyngvild Genre: Historical cookbook, campfire I visited my sister in Copenhagen this past weekend and among other things we went to Nationalmuseet (free...
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The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook
Title: The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook Author: Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, Sariann Lehrer Genre: Cookbook, fantasy If you are a fan of fantasy or historical cooking, then I think you will enjoy this...
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What the vikings definitely didn’t eat
Browsing the web, especially on pinterest I sometimes come across some medieval and viking recipes, for reenactment events or markets no less, that makes me groan. This isn’t about perfect...
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What the vikings ate
These were some the viking foods I had sitting in my kitchen today. Spring onion, pearl barley, garlic, salt, coarse flour, apples and some hard cheese. Saturday I visited MoMu (Moesgaard Museum) with...
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Bålmad for moderne vikinger
Title: Bålmad for moderne vikinger Author: Karin Collstrup Genre: Cookbook, historical, vikings It has been forever since i have done a book review here. I have been doing a bit of reading on...
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An Early Meal – a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey
Title: An Early Meal – a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey Author: Daniel Serra & Hanna Tunberg Genre: Historical cookbook, viking I also read this book in the spring so I rely on my...
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The Classical Cookbook
Title: The Classical Cookbook Author: Andrew Dalby &Sally Grainger Genre: Historical cookbook, antiquity Over the last weeks I have finished reading two historical cookbook – this is the first of...
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