Cooking Medieval Food (recipes from a 14th century manuscript!)

I’ve always been very interested in Medieval food, and during my studies I came across many recipe books (not only for food, but for medicines and spells). So I went back to cookery manuscripts and looked for recipes that would have been cooked in the medieval period that I could make today. So, using the instructions provided by the manuscripts, I made pottage, gingerbread, and a tostee. One of the recipes even made me feel like I was in Middle Earth. This was a very fun video to make, I hope you enjoy it!
The British Library has an amazing catalogue of digitized manuscripts, and here's where you can find more information and digital versions of the texts I talk about:
Forme of Cury, The British Library, Add MS 5016, www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.a...
www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default....
The British Library, Harley MS 297, searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_lib...
A cookery book: searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_lib...
Music in this video:
Journey in the New World by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: www.twinmusicom.org/song/258/j...
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org
Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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[@BlackkCobra]

I love that you’re a medieval literature student. Maybe you could do a bookshelf tour? :-)

[@Medievalannie]

That's a great idea! Once I'm able to go back home I might just do that :)

[@FredAndTonya]

Oh, I fan of Medieval food, Medieval times! I even have a book of medieval cooking!!! But I haven't cooked anything yet) The fact is that before food was meant as medicine. The cooks were compared to doctors. The chef must balance the four liquids in the human body - black bile, yellow bile, blood and mucus. And the cook added the necessary seasonings to maintain this balance in the human body. (According to the theory of Hippocrates)

[@simonx49]

medieval literature with a tolkien spin plus cooking! a dream. i hope you make more videos one day

[@Medievalannie]

Thank you! I am planning on making more videos soon!

[@jakegriffith6871]

I like this video idea, historical diets don't get as much attention as other subjects so another video of this would definitely be great.

[@Medievalannie]

Jake Griffith I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it 😊

[@fictionaldarling]

i love how your eevee evolved into baby yoda 😂 this is such a cool video idea & i love how much research went into this!! i wonder at what point in history did people start taking that gingerbread recipe and shaping it into men? 😂 it actually looks really good though!!

[@Medievalannie]

Eevee and baby yoda are both excellent companions 😂 I believe that the men shaped gingerbread started showing up in Elizabeth I's court! It really was delicious, super different consistency from what we have, but a similar taste!

[@jelfingero7381]

Found you on modernhistorytv, but we have more in common. Star wars/trek, pokemon and lotr. Very nice video again. Keep on making awesome videos and smiling ;)

[@Medievalannie]

I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you for watching :)

[@Jonisrock00]

Very interesting video!

[@JojoRarity]

That's such a cool idea. I wanna try one of these. (BTW love the baby yoda at your background.) Haha

[@Medievalannie]

You should try them!! (and I love my baby yoda hahah)

[@JojoRarity]

I definitely will. Hahaha

[@travellerism]

Sooo cooooool making those food from manuscript! 👌🏼☺️

[@Medievalannie]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@Enriqueguiones]

I've just discovered this channel and I'm IN LOVE with it. Thank you so much for such amazing videos :)

[@NancysMosaic]

This is such a cool and unique video idea and a thing to do! So cool! After watching few of your videos I can say for sure that you are like super smart :D Random, but your ring is really beautiful! Based on the video I am honestly not sure that I would love the taste of it hahah. We make amazing cabbage soup/dish in Serbia!

[@Medievalannie]

Thank you so much! That's really sweet of you! And it's an opal ring :) I was surprised I liked the taste of the soup as much as I did, but the spices blend surprisingly well together haha.

[@parkersartifacts1615]

That’s so cool!

[@Medievalannie]

Glad you liked it :)

[@TaliaLea]

wow that’s so interesting! never rlly heard about anything like this!

[@Medievalannie]

I'm so glad you found it interesting! Thanks for watching :)

[@sabrinas4896]

Anais, I'm so in love with your channel haha! Now, seriously, i wanted to try some of these!! Any way you could share the recipes somewhere, or the measurements, so we could try? (I reeeally wanna try that wine toast yumm)

[@Medievalannie]

Hi! I'm so glad you like the channel! That makes me really happy! One of the issues with these recipes is that there are no measurements for anything, so I mostly guessed the quantities. All the manuscripts that I used are linked in the description, so you could try to guess too! Good luck making them!!

[@meglee4995]

Ahh I loved this! your knowledge as well is amazing! Loved this X

[@Medievalannie]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!

[@fabioferreiragomes]

ESPETACULAR . INCRÍVEL MARAVILHOSA

[@mush5956]

So interesting! Really feel like trying to make the gingerbread and the bread~

[@Medievalannie]

You should definitely try them! They're both really delicious :) Let me know if you do!

[@mush5956]

@@Medievalannie will do!

[@Shenalmighty]

I enjoy the video and enjoy the topic good job. I'll subscribe you should try making a French sauce from medieval times.

[@joekeegan937]

Very Interesting. I also liked your video on medieval literature. Keep it up!

[@Medievalannie]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it 😊

[@georgielucas9657]

Really enjoyed your video, your tostee looks delicious! I'm a 14th century re-enactor in England (The Paladins of Chivalry), and usually we'll have pottage and a meat on display for the public and eat it for dinner once the crowds are gone. I've been looking into medieval desserts to demonstrate at shows (once Covid eases), do you have any recommendations?

[@Medievalannie]

Great to hear from you! I am planning on making another episode where I look at desserts, but I would start by looking at recipe manuscripts! You can find a lot of them transcribed online 😊

[@CookingByChaity]

That's amazing tutorial.

[@Medievalannie]

Thank you!!

[@LyssaJ]

This is so cool! I wanna try the first one haha.

[@Medievalannie]

Lyssa J You should!! It’s delicious 😊

[@throughmyeyes8568]

SCA ever hear of it? If not look into it I think you would love it!! Society for Creative Anachronisms

[@Medievalannie]

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll look into it!

[@merindahthornton5080]

@@Medievalannie I hope you did! We have a lot of cooks in the SCA who love cooking from these cookbooks and manuscripts. I’m about to start my own channel as a way of making sure I do all my test cooking for a Tudor themed feast I am head cook for this coming December! I hope it turns out as lovely as yours.

[@matthewbrookeart]

Where would medevil people get the spices from? I doubt saffron and things would’ve grown in the uk ?

[@Medievalannie]

They would get them through trade! Because of that, many spices were considered luxury items, and were very expensive to acquire. There is a lot of information available online about the medieval spice trade if you'd like to do more research on it :)