Wheat and Honey

This makes basically 1 large serving.

1 cup water or soup stock 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 6 oz chopped broccoli 2 oz almonds 4 oz cooked black beans 3 oz chopped onion 4 oz peas 1 tsp minced garlic 2 oz cream cheese

Cook the broccoli and almonds over high heat with the water, olive oil, and salt. When they are mostly soft, add in the everything else except the cream cheese. Cook until everything is soft. Transfer to a blender, add the cream cheese, and blend until smooth.

Variations

It's goblin soup, so you can do basically whatever you want.

Olive oil: use any kind of oil, butter, or an animal fat. Almonds: use any kind of nut. Beans: use any kind of bean or legume. Vegetables: There are 13 oz of vegetables. Use whatever combination you want. Just remember that harder vegetables need to cook for longer, so they go in at the beginning with the nuts. Cream cheese: use cream, sour cream, any kind of cheese, evaporated milk. Use 1-2 tsp of any herb or seasoning you want.

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Based on the Tasting History recipe.

2 ½ lb acorn squash 12 oz green apple 3 eggs ¼ cup dried herbs (I used sage, fennel seed, ground coriander, and thyme) 2 Tbsp butter 2/3 cup dried fruit ½ cup raw sugar ¼ cup fruit juice 1 unbaked pie crust extra butter for frying

I chose acorn squash rather than pumpkin because it doesn't need to be peeled. And the different colors from the skin and the flesh makes a nice visual.

Cut the acorn squash in half, cut out the stem, and scoop out the seedy innards. Cut the squash into thin slices.

Thinly slice the apples and remove the cores.

Preheat oven to 425° F.

In a small bowl, beat the eggs and stir in the herbs.

Melt some butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Dip the squash slices into the egg mixture, then fry them in a single layer for a few minutes on each side. Add more butter as needed between batches of squash.

Combine the fried squash with 2 Tbsp butter, dried fruit, sugar, and fruit juice. Gently stir together.

Prepare the pie crust in the baking pan. Put a layer of apple slices in the bottom of the pie, then add the pumpkin filling.

Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 375° F and bake for 40-50 minutes.

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2 cups berries 2 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp corn starch

In a small pot, stir together the berries and cornstarch. Add the butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter is melted. Remove from heat immediately.

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½ cup sugar 1/3 cup cocoa powder 2 Tbsp chocolate chips 2 cups water 1 cup cashew butter (no salt or sugar added) tiny pinch of salt tiny pinch of baking soda ½ tsp vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients except vanilla over low heat. Stir until the chocolate chips and cashew butter are melted and completely mixed in.

Remove from heat into a large container. Stir in the vanilla. Chill in the fridge or freezer until totally cold.

Churn in ice cream machine for 20 minutes.

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2 cups orange juice 1 cup sugar ½ Tbsp unflavored gelatin powder 2 Tbsp cold water ½ cup hot water ½ cup cold water

Combine orange juice with sugar over low heat and stir until sugar is dissolved.

In a large bowl, stir together the gelatin with 2 Tbsp cold water. When it seems smooth, add in the hot water and stir until it's dissolved. Then stir in the ½ cup cold water. Stir the orange mixture into the gelatin mixture until homogeneous. Cover and chill in the fridge or freezer until totally cold.

Churn in an ice cream machine for 20 minutes. It will have a slushy texture. Transfer to a lidded container and freeze until desired hardness.

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1 ½ lb strawberries ½ cup sugar 1 Tbsp butter 1/3 cup strawberry jam 1 cup 2% milk ½ cup cream

Cut tops off strawberries. Combine strawberries, sugar, and butter in a pot. Stir over medium heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.

In a large bowl, combine milk and cream.

In a blender, puree the strawberries with their syrup, and the jam, until totally smooth. Stir into the milk mixture.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in fridge or freezer until completely cold.

Churn in ice cream machine for 20-25 minutes. It can be served soft at this point, or transferred to an air-tight container to freeze harder.

This recipe makes 2 batches for my machine.

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Recipe from Country contentments, or The English huswife. by Gervase Markham, published 1623. Above you can see a scan of the original text. The book can be read at archive.org. This is known to be the oldest found recipe for pound cake.

Very unusual for a historic recipe to have specific quantities listed, so that is helpful. I based my baking instructions on an analysis of the recipe found on cupcakeproject.com.

I cut the recipe in half because it is huge, and I used only whole eggs, for the sake of convenience. To be more medieval, the flour should be whole wheat but soft and finely milled. (I used to be able to buy whole wheat pastry flour. It was perfect for medieval recipes. I miss it.) The sugar should be raw sugar, or brown sugar if that is more available. Sugar was crystallized in this time period, but from what I can tell it was another 100 years or so before sugar was so purified that it resembles the white granulated sugar of today.

½ lb flour ½ lb sugar 6 eggs ¼ oz fennel seeds or star anise ¼ oz coriander 1/8 oz dried orange peel or fresh orange zest

Grind the fennel/star anise, coriander, and orange peel in a mortar with a pestle, until the spices are as fine as you can get them. Remove any remaining large pieces.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, and spices.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs until mixed. Slowly add the flour mixture while beating on medium-high speed with an egg beater or stand mixer. Continue to beat for 10-20 minutes (my egg beater was getting worryingly hot at 10 minutes, so I stopped).

Grease a 9”-10” circular cake pan and preheat oven to 350° F. Bake cake for 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

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2 cups spinach, cooked or frozen ¼ cup dried fruit ½ cup warm milk 3 cups flour 2 tsp instant yeast 1 tsp salt 1-2 tsp herbs or spices as desired 2 Tbsp oil 1 egg

If your spinach is frozen, warm it up before mixing. Combine the spinach, dried fruit, and milk in a blender and puree until smooth. You need 1 ½ cups of puree (add more milk if necessary).

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, yeast, salt, and seasoning. In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with the oil.

Stir the spinach mixture and egg mixture into the flour mixture. Knead it thoroughly. It will seem dry but the spinach will continue releasing moisture as it is kneaded, so don't add more liquid until you're sure it needs it.

Put the dough in a bowl coated in oil, cover it, and let rise until doubled (about 45-60 minutes).

Lightly knead the dough, then form it into rolls and place on a baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes or until doubled. While rising, preheat oven to 375° F.

Bake for 17-20 minutes.

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1 cup sugar ¾ cup flour 2/3 cup cocoa powder ½ cup powdered sugar ¾ tsp salt 2 eggs ½ cup vegetable oil 2 Tbsp water or fruit juice ½ tsp almond extract Optional: ½ cup mix-ins (chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, marshmallows, etc)

Preheat oven to 325° F. Line an 8” cake pan with baking parchment and spray the parchment with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, stir together all ingredients until mixed. It is a very thick batter. Pour the batter into the baking pan and spread it out with a spatula.

Bake for 30 minutes if your pan is a little larger. For smaller pans (thicker brownies) go up to 40-45 minutes. If a toothpick comes out mostly clean, it is done. It's better to take them out of the oven sooner than later, as they will repose and firm further in the hot pan.

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4 oz soft goat cheese 4 oz cream cheese 4 oz jam

Beat ingredients together until smooth. Chill before serving.

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