A stained glass window from Norwich made shortly before 1500. It shows a man seated in a chair in front of a fireplace. He is dressed in a long robe, hood, and woolly hat. One of his feet is bare, giving us a glimpse of his stirrup hosen, as he warms it by the fire. Inside the fireplace, a cookpot is suspended by a kettlehook. This is the kind of scenario the above recipes belong in: upper-class, but not festive. They are quotidian foods.

Another recipe from Balthasar Staindl (short on time due to switching to Linux PC). Delicious sixteenth-century legumes served with toast, wintery and creamy:

www.culina-vetus.de/2026/02/22/l...

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