Giles Rose’s 1682 Recipe for a “Pippen Composte”
What this C17th recipe boils down to – quite literally – is a dish of cooked apples in apple jelly, which sounds pretty good to me.
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A Book of Simples, on Making ‘Quince Cakes’
Here’s an intriguing pair of eighteenth century receipts for quince ‘cakes’ of the boiled, jellied gum-drop variety.
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Tasting History on Sour Cherry Jelly by Nostradamus
My favourite YouTube channel, Tasting History, takes a look at one of the Renaissance prophet’s kitchen favourites.