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Horsebread was a type of bread produced and consumed in medieval Europe.At the time, it was considered to be of low quality, made from a seasonal mix of legumes, such as dry split peas, and bran [1] along with other non-wheat cereal grains such as oats and rye, and acorns.
Another version is based on the assumption that pOlianytsia is a traditional bread produced by the Polans (Poliany) an early medieval tribe of Eastern Slavs. Ahatanhel Krymsky , a noted Ukrainophile and scholar, believed that the word palianytsia comes from the Greek : πελανος , romanized : pelanos , [ 2 ] [ page needed ] which referred ...
The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the English word manchet back to about 1450 and equates this type of bread with paindemain. [3]One of the first recipes printed in English for manchet breads comes from the 1588 recipe book The Good Huswifes Handmaide by an unknown author.
A 1998 attempt to recreate medieval English "strong ale" using recipes and techniques of the era (albeit with the use of modern yeast strains) yielded a strongly alcoholic brew with original gravity of 1.091 (corresponding to a potential alcohol content over 9%) and "pleasant, apple-like taste".
Baker baking bread in an oven – miniature in a 13th-century psalter Peasants sharing bread, from the Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio, France, 14th century (Bibliothèque nationale) In medieval Europe, bread served not only as a staple food but also as part of the table service.
In medieval Europe, a mixed rye and wheat bread known as "maslin" (or variants of the name) was the bread of the better-off peasants for hundreds of years, [16] in contrast to the white manchet bread eaten by the rich, and the horsebread eaten by the poorer peasants, which was made of cheaper grains including oats, barley and pulses.
Horsebread, a low-cost European bread that was a recourse of the poor; Katemeshi, a Japanese peasant food consisting of rice, barley, millet and chopped daikon radish [8] Lampredotto, Florentine dish or sandwich made from a cow's fourth stomach; Panzanella, Italian salad of soaked stale bread, onions and tomatoes
The third part includes recipes for bread and sweets, while the fourth and fifth parts offer additional recipes for vegetables, meats, and sweets, culminating in a section on medicinal preparations. [1] The manuscript's culinary profile is notable for its emphasis on meat dishes, with 311 recipes dedicated to various types of meat.