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Tudor Recipe - 'a tarte that is courage to a man or woman'
Today I give you an autumnal pudding-ish recipe from The Good Huswifes Jewell of 1596. At first sight this seems delicious, but then you spot those four sparrow brains. Image courtesy of The Internet Archive archive.org To make a tarte that is a courage to a man or a woman. TAke twoo Quinces, and twoo or three Burre rootes, and a potaton, and pare your Potaton, and scrape your rootes and put them into a quart of wine, and let them boyle till they bee tender, & put in an ounce
Julian Luttrell
Oct 71 min read
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