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Tag: C16th

Conrad Heresbach (and Barnaby Googe) on Graffing

A few words of reasonable wisdom on ‘graffing’ from a learned C16th gentleman… plus a whole lot of apparent nonsense.

Published March 9, 2023
Categorised as Quotations Tagged Barnabe Googe, C16th, C17th, grafting, Konrad Heresbach

David Brossard, on Cherishing Apple Trees in Winter

What a lovely idea. I’m sure we all want to cherish our trees properly in winter, don’t we? Buckets at the ready, folks.

Published January 31, 2023
Categorised as Quotations Tagged advice, apple, C16th, David Brossard, fertiliser, Leonard Mascall

Brigitte Webster Makes ‘Spiced Pear Pie’ (via Thomas Dawson)

This modern take on Thomas Dawson’s C16th recipe is a delicious combination of pears, candied orange, sugar and spice.

Published November 12, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Cookery Tagged Brigitte Webster, C16th, pear, pear dessert, pear recipe, Thomas Dawson, Tudor

‘Apple Porridge’, from The Science of Cooking

Here’s a courtly recipe from sixteenth century Transylvania; an apple porridge fit for a Prince.

Published October 21, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, C16th, dessert, recipe

Leonard Mascall, on Cleanliness in Sixteenth Century Cyder-Making

“Keepe cleane your vessels, and the places wheras your fruite doth lye” are wise words to make cyder by in any century.

Published October 15, 2021
Categorised as Quotations Tagged C16th, cider making, cyder, Leonard Mascall

Tasting History Makes a C16th Apple and Cheese Tart

Plus a potted history of the apple pie, from the fourteenth century to its ‘As American As…’ heyday.

Published October 13, 2021
Categorised as Linking Out, Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, apple recipe, C16th, cheese, Max Miller, Tasting History

Thomas Tusser, on Gathering Fruit Not Too Timely

Here are a few words of sixteenth century wisdom on the subject of managing your fruit harvest.

Published September 30, 2021
Categorised as Quotations Tagged C16th, harvesting, poetry

Thomas Dawson, on Making Apple Pescods

Fried fruity things, with apples, figs, dates, currants and spices? What’s not to like?

Published April 13, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple recipe, C16th, date recipe, fig recipe, Thomas Dawson

Anon, on Making Applemoyse

This anonymously-authored 16th century apple dessert recipe could be a good one for anyone with a butter surplus to shift.

Published April 5, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple dessert, apple moyse, apple muse, apple recipe, C16th

A. W. on Making Apple Pomages

Here’s a 16th century recipe for a sweet, spice, apple and bread sauce (or dessert?) that sounds rather intriguing.

Published March 17, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple recipe, C16th, pomages

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  1. Darren T on Robert May, on Making a ‘Tart of Medlers’December 7, 2023

    Hi Richard - I quite agree! The more medlars the merrier, I say. I haven't tried a medlar tart yet…

  2. Richard Moore on Robert May, on Making a ‘Tart of Medlers’December 6, 2023

    Here on the Somerset levels we have a large Medlar tree that gave us an enormous crop of fruit this…

  3. Darren T on Robert May, on Making a ‘Tart of Medlers’December 4, 2023

    Hi Petra - yes, sadly the industrial-made stuff is likely to only have a passing acquaintance to freshly bletted medlars.…

  4. Petra on Robert May, on Making a ‘Tart of Medlers’December 4, 2023

    Hi there, I had become curious to try medlars when I saw a video clip on English Heritage. As I…

  5. Darren T on Decision Time For My ‘Air-Pot Mini-Orchard’ Apple TreesNovember 26, 2023

    Nope, absolutely perfect timing :)

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