This is what gingerbread was like in the middle ages. Literally bread with ginger and it’s delightful. Order the TASTING HISTORY COOKBOOK: https://amzn.to/42O10Lx
one of my fave things i learned from you is that “rich ppl food” in medieval europe was FULL of spices. like, too many spices to taste good, just to show how rich they were to afford all those spices. and yet most european food is still like, here’s a plain boiled root lol
Careful using gold leaves n such, in cooking! Nowadays, it is often toxic chemicals and heavy metals mimicking gold, that you certainly don't want yourself or children ingesting.
In Tudor times gingerbread men were known as "Jack in the Green". If honey wasn't available, then molasses or treacle was used& it was very chewy with a strong blast of ginger in every bite. A friend used to make them at history shows and I bought so many of them she almost ran out of them! I'd eat 2-3 a day at the shows and some survived long enough to make it home 😉
And do my ears deceive me, but is that Il Bianco Fiore playing in the background? It's one of my favourite pieces of music ❤️
Absolutely making this with my kids next year (Expecting a baby within weeks so this year isn't realistic). Our holiday tradition is to look at how different cultures over the world and the centuries have done things, their tales etc. The kids LOVE it and find it really fun, and they learn a lot too. They'll really enjoy making this!
Alot of the recipies from the middle ages are from the wealthy, if you were poor at the time 100% you were illiterate and couldn't write down the recipes to your survival meals
My Mom is from Bavaria, and my nephew is vegan, so I made vegan Elisenlebkuchen this year, which is mostly made out of nuts, dried fruits and maple syrup, and a dash of flour. Mein Gott, is it good! It's not as old as the Pfefferkuchen you made, but it's very special for the town of Nürnberg. I read that the monks let their Pfefferkuchen sit for a few weeks to let the honey ferment and create bubbles in the medeval times. Has anyone tried that, or was it eaten up right away? We eat ours up: no time for fermentation (though I'm a nut for fermented foods: must be from my ancient heritage. Ha.) Anyhow: Happy Holidays.
my ass was NOT listening to the beginning so i thought that was a kinda shitty dnd mini and then you switched frames and i realized yes, this is actually food
The breadcrumb and honey base reminds me a bit of modern treacle tart filling – granted that's made with golden syrup and is usually lightly flavoured and not spiced at all
Americans can barely say the words "fourteenth century" never mind actually believe there was a time that long ago – when you couldn't even buy a horse on finance 😏
If you wanna try authentic recipes, there's a place called Kopernik Gingerbread Factory. They were founded in the 18th century and their gingerbread is based on 14th-century recipes
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the long pepper
looks like halva
I would love to try that!
Ohh man I thought the gold leaf were hands breaking free of gravecookie making an awesome Halloween gingerbread cookie.
they ate sandal wood?
I made this for a medieval cooking contest! No gold leaf tho, and I used homemade candied ginger.
Yum!
one of my fave things i learned from you is that “rich ppl food” in medieval europe was FULL of spices. like, too many spices to taste good, just to show how rich they were to afford all those spices. and yet most european food is still like, here’s a plain boiled root lol
These remind me of the Läckerli made in Basel Switzerland
Careful using gold leaves n such, in cooking! Nowadays, it is often toxic chemicals and heavy metals mimicking gold, that you certainly don't want yourself or children ingesting.
I actually ate this at a medieval feast! It's amazing, but there is enough ginger in it to clear out your sinuses!
In Tudor times gingerbread men were known as "Jack in the Green". If honey wasn't available, then molasses or treacle was used& it was very chewy with a strong blast of ginger in every bite. A friend used to make them at history shows and I bought so many of them she almost ran out of them! I'd eat 2-3 a day at the shows and some survived long enough to make it home 😉
And do my ears deceive me, but is that Il Bianco Fiore playing in the background? It's one of my favourite pieces of music ❤️
Is it ok if I skip the gold leaf part?
Your videos make me really happy, makes me feel like im living in the past for a while
A lot of spices still do come from the Far East. 😉
“That’s an interesting flavor. What spices did you use?”
“Sandalwood!🤗”
Was I the only one who didn’t know you could eat sandalwood?
Just today I saw two shorts from two separate channels mentioning long pepper. I should probably get some long pepper.
Absolutely making this with my kids next year (Expecting a baby within weeks so this year isn't realistic). Our holiday tradition is to look at how different cultures over the world and the centuries have done things, their tales etc. The kids LOVE it and find it really fun, and they learn a lot too. They'll really enjoy making this!
This is more of Indian receipe in an English kitchen.
Make nordic version because it has different origin and is called Pepper cake
Alot of the recipies from the middle ages are from the wealthy, if you were poor at the time 100% you were illiterate and couldn't write down the recipes to your survival meals
My Mom is from Bavaria, and my nephew is vegan, so I made vegan Elisenlebkuchen this year, which is mostly made out of nuts, dried fruits and maple syrup, and a dash of flour. Mein Gott, is it good! It's not as old as the Pfefferkuchen you made, but it's very special for the town of Nürnberg. I read that the monks let their Pfefferkuchen sit for a few weeks to let the honey ferment and create bubbles in the medeval times. Has anyone tried that, or was it eaten up right away? We eat ours up: no time for fermentation (though I'm a nut for fermented foods: must be from my ancient heritage. Ha.) Anyhow: Happy Holidays.
Looks like a nice, immune boosting dessert! 🙂
my ass was NOT listening to the beginning so i thought that was a kinda shitty dnd mini and then you switched frames and i realized yes, this is actually food
Beeeeeeautiful!!!
i like "even dusted with sugar" but sandelwood just sounded like a typical ingredient lol
Actually, the english word Gingerbread is used by anglophones to refer to things that have nothing to do with Ginger at all. Such as Lebkuchen
So it's like a ginger chew bread?
the fact that it was written down shows it wasnt going to be eaten often outside special occasions by the average person
You have to wonder how much of the gold we use today once passed through someone's digestive system.
The breadcrumb and honey base reminds me a bit of modern treacle tart filling – granted that's made with golden syrup and is usually lightly flavoured and not spiced at all
Do you eat the goldleaf?
The decoration looks like a dark souls bonfire with the sword
بسبوسة؟
Americans can barely say the words "fourteenth century" never mind actually believe there was a time that long ago – when you couldn't even buy a horse on finance 😏
I can imagine how pepper and ginger would taste amazing in a confectionery
So finally an answer to why it’s called ginger BREAD!
Ginger barfi
You should look into the gingerbread molds, they might have silicone reproductions on the cheap.
I want 85 of them
If you wanna try authentic recipes, there's a place called Kopernik Gingerbread Factory. They were founded in the 18th century and their gingerbread is based on 14th-century recipes
come on, "come from far east" is an understatement of how they acquire those spices lol
some schindler's list type shi dude
Larry Dickem would be proud, got them spices from the faaarr east.
That was never ever anywhere a ginger bread.
Did he just call a clove, a long pepper?
Ginger bread was mostly for medicinal use, not a delicasy.
Im pretty sure they did not have white toast bread like you, but sourdough bread.