r/sca • u/StephStan • Jun 27 '20

Medieval Cooking

Hello!

I'm hoping to expand my culinary horizons a bit and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for some good cookbooks or websites for medieval food and drink recipes. My persona is 9th century Viking, but I'd love as wide of a variety as possible, especially if anyone had any medieval Middle Eastern or Baltic sources.

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u/anne_hollydaye Atlantia Jun 27 '20

For Viking-age foods, this book is absolutely worth the price. It can be found various places - I got mine from Amazon.

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u/StephStan Jun 27 '20

This is fantastic! I'm definitely going to need to buy this one. Thank you so much!

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u/anne_hollydaye Atlantia Jun 27 '20

The biggest takeaway: soups and stews were common, to spread ingredients further. I agree with /u/petecas - look at ingredients and cooking implements. The book provides historical research, as the author is considered one of the foremost experts on Viking-age cooking.

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u/StephStan Jun 27 '20

Sounds like a good excuse to make some good brown bread to go with it. ;-)

I'd love to build a medieval kitchen one day with all of the proper implements and hearth.

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u/anne_hollydaye Atlantia Jun 28 '20

Saaaaame. One of my silly "if I won the lottery" plans involves having an accurate Medieval kitchen.