old & traditional recipes
Creams served in a fancy glass or small dish, like this apple cream, were a popular dessert among the higher class in this era. They used all kinds of fruits, nuts, dairy and sweet alcoholic drinks for these creams. They were almost all made thicker …
Different times, different tastes.. Digging through archives in search of old (European) recipes; you come across a lot of recipes that are forgotten for a reason. Flamingo, crane, lark, whale and other animals we are not allowed to hunt anymore..or some recipes are just “why?”. …
This German eelsoup from 1845 comes from a cookbook with a long name like usual in that era; “Praktisches Kochbuch. Zuverlässige und selbstgeprüfte Recepte der gewöhnlichen und feineren Küche. Practische Anweisung zur Bereitung von verschiedenartigen Speisen, kalten und warmen Getränken, Gelees, Gefrornem, Backwerken, sowie zum …