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Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine

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This is an enthralling book part of which is dedicated to the history of food preparation and cook books, while another part is dedicated to old recipes.
Did you know that just a few centuries ago peacocks, swans and other birds with wonderful plumage had their skin with the feathers taken off and put aside while the bird was roasting, and that the cooked meat would then be re-dressed in its skin and feathers prior to being brought to the table? Did you know that sauces used to be made with more eggs than we, today, consume in a week or even month? The only question that is left unanswered is how our forefathers managed to survive on such extraordinarily rich diets and didn't die of heart failure during dinner!
I believe food writers, wine writers (there is a little something about beverages, too) and authors of historical novels would find this a truly useful book. For the rest of us its simply a very good read full of curious titbits of information.

This book is not a recipe book, it is an historical account into how food was stored, eaten, prepared and served. It also covers social relations with food, e.g the differences between classes and what they ate.

This is such an interesting book for all those with an interest in history or food, it could also serve as a useful resource for those studying the area.

I downloaded this as I thought it might give some old, interesting recipes, but it's a book about the history of cookery. As it was free I can't complain - just not what I expected!

Thought I download to have a look, trawled my way through it and was disappointed with content. My fault really as I thought it would give detailed ancient recipes, which it does not. It is an historial fact book on origins and historical types of food served up over the centuries. So ideal if your into that sort of thing, but as I said my fault.

My boyfriend wanted to see what this was about and what was being cooked in the past. has been interesting

If you want a real look into the past, this is the book for you. I didn't necessarily want to make anything, was just interested
to read what was eaten at that time.

Came well within the expected date, good quality. No problems with this seller at all. Am pleased with purchase. Would recommend.

Items just as described. Ideal for the purpose it was designed for, excellent service and delivered well within the allotted time scale

please get this book if you want to try cooking as was practiced in the past by our family ancestors

If you like to know how food used to be cooked and eaten you will like this book, if you only want to know about modern cookery you will not like it.