Season 2020
Episodes
1. How to Make Medieval Cheese
2020-02-25
I'll show you step by step and give a bit of the history of cheese, from Egypt, to Greece, to WWII and Nixon. Learn how we went from curdled milk in a sheep stomach to the wide world of cheese we know today.
2. Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the Sambocade
2020-03-03
In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.
3. Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere
2020-03-10
In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England.
4. Cooking Medieval Dessert for Lent: Bruet of Almaynne in lente
2020-03-17
I show you how to make your own almond milk and look at the medieval diet during Lent and other fasting. I also explore some of the ways people made sure they could still eat well while observing their fast, even if that mean considering a beaver a fish.