![]() ![]() It could have been offered to those who were ill, and would have been taken during the winter months to stave off disease, in the same way we might take vitamins today.īut further too this, of the four humors, the one you really wanted to have a slight imbalance in was blood. With ginger, pepper, and cinnamon in the mix, this 1430s gingerbread would have been considered by the medieval people as a medicine and a preventative for disease as much as it was a tasty treat! And given the name of the recipe I’m inclined to think that ginger was simply omitted as an ingredient by the cook for brevity. But then there are other medieval English gingerbread recipes almost identical to this one that do include ginger as an ingredient. The expectation was that the cook reading the recipe would be experienced and would know what amounts of ingredients taste good together, how to cook them, and that gingerbread should include ginger.Īnother possibility is that the term ‘gingerbread’ was being used generically to refer to any hotly spiced, bread-based, slice. ![]() Partly they were meant to record the favourite meals of the monarch so that new cooks could learn them, and partly they were to show off their wealth to other monarchs by advertising the expensive foods they were eating.Īs such medieval recipes don’t usually include ingredient volumes, preparation instructions, or cooking times, and sometimes omit obvious ingredients entirely. Medieval recipes were written by professional cooks employed by kings and lords for other professional cooks. Firstly, the recipe doesn’t actually include any ginger! ![]()
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