The good, the bad, and the horse-y of the “chiefest” of foods in the Tudor period.
Fascinating! Had to laugh at the description of cheese as “very naughty” to lactose-intolerant people. And did a double-take advice to mix cheese with bacon fat to cure gout — oh no! I hope Dr. Bamji was right about that being a kind of joke.
Yeah, there really is some fascinating and amusing things in it, but I think I'll give the medical advice a miss, hahaha.
Fascinating! Had to laugh at the description of cheese as “very naughty” to lactose-intolerant people. And did a double-take advice to mix cheese with bacon fat to cure gout — oh no! I hope Dr. Bamji was right about that being a kind of joke.
Yeah, there really is some fascinating and amusing things in it, but I think I'll give the medical advice a miss, hahaha.