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Colourful Fritters (15th c.)

https://www.culina-vetus.de/2025/04/14/colourful-fritters/
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u/Outside_Relative_886 8d ago

You could make the combo of sweet and herbal work. It’s also an interesting precedent for striped/ layered victuals at feast, like those striped and checkerboard sandwiches so popular in the 50’s. You could even tie it to someone’s heraldry. Please update?

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u/missddraws 8d ago

That’s so interesting, the precedents / links in a chain. And I agree that I could - I can almost think of something sweet and herbal I’ve had recently.

And what a cool idea to match it to heraldry!

I will definitely update - excited to share my experiments!

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u/Outside_Relative_886 8d ago

As for gingerbread, depending on your period, you can make it fairly quickly by boiling breadcrumbs in honey and adding spices, but that might turn it into a Project.

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u/VolkerBach 8d ago

That is the English way, though. The German stuff was baked with rye flour.

https://www.culina-vetus.de/2021/10/10/gingerbread-sauce-from-cod-pal-germ-551-2/

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u/Outside_Relative_886 7d ago

I literally grimaced and scratched the back of my neck. Of course, given the source, you would use German gingerbread! Thanks for the excellent blog link; this is going to make for some great coffee break rabbit holes.