A 21st century cook in a Medieval world

This blog is all about historical cooking and eating, and more importantly cooking from medieval cookbooks and trying to recreate dishes that were eaten hundreds of years ago. "Medieval" is a loose term - anything pre-17th century goes for this venture into experimental archaeology.

I'm a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism residing in the Kingdom of Drachenwald (principality of Insulae Draconis). I have cooked on open fire during camping events and (with assistance from awesome kitchen crews) feasts for up to 70 people in kitchens of varying excellence. During my fall down this particular rabbit hole acquired n+1 cookbooks. So this is me going through them and having fun in my own kitchen.

There will be lists of books, recipes, experiments, pictures of the results, and redactions for those who want to cook along and have a taste of what our ancestors ate.