Fried fruity things, with apples, figs, dates, currants and spices? What’s not to like?
Tag: C16th
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.
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.
Arnold’s Chronicle on Greffing Family Trees
Another 16th century mention for multiple-variety fruit tree grafting suggests it was quite a common practice for the time.
Brossard (Mascall), on Graffyng Family Trees
As this 16th century quotation shows, the concept of the multi-variety ‘family’ fruit tree is not a new one.
John Gerard (and Others), on the Vertues of Apples
Hot stomake? Pissing in drops? Dry skin? Gonnhorrhaea? Smallpox scars? John Gerard has a remedy for that, and it’s cheaper than you might think…
Master Fitzherbert, on When to Graffe your Fruit Trees
Not sure when to graffe your peares, wardens or apples? Here’s Master F. to set you straight.
Rembert Dodoens and Henry Lyte, on Apples
Hoate stomacke? Take a sowrish apple for that. But watch out for blastinges in the belly…
Thomas Tusser, on Fruit to Plant in January
Looking for a handy checklist of fruit to plant before the month is out? Look no further.
Leonard Mascall, on Graffing good Pepins
An intro to Genetic diversity and clonal propagation, sixteenth century style.