Tag Archives: Recipes

White Metheglin Baumfylde Manuscript c.1626

Posted on January 28, 2018 by mysteryofmead

Hand written books/manuscripts, held by a person, family, or group to record information of importance to them are a central source of information on day to day life in times past. Separate from correspondence, or formal texts, these types of … Continue reading →

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La Framboisiere’s Pleasant Beer

Posted on January 21, 2018 by mysteryofmead

Last week I introduced Nicholas Abraham de La Framboisiere’s 1600 ‘Le Govvernement Necessaire a Chacun Pour Vivre Longuement en Sante’ (Governance required for everyone to live long in health), and a somewhat ambiguous recipe for Mead for the Eyes. Cinnamon … Continue reading →

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Musing on Lobel’s Meth

Posted on December 12, 2017 by mysteryofmead

Today I posted a recipe for a spiced mead from 1609. The recipe was published in Charles Butlers ‘The Feminine Monarchy’ about bees with an attribution to Matthias Lobel.  See here Lobel’s Meth The redaction for the recipe itself was interesting, … Continue reading →

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