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.
Wonderful write-up about a fascinating manuscript. I recently connected it to the broader history of cheese – from China and ancient Egypt to England today – in my own Substack (ampersandbookstudio.substack.comn). I am in the process of planning the first ever printed edition of the book. It will be letterpress printed, illustrated with new woodcut illustrations, and bound by hand. Thanks for helping bring this manuscript to a wider audience!
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.
Wonderful write-up about a fascinating manuscript. I recently connected it to the broader history of cheese – from China and ancient Egypt to England today – in my own Substack (ampersandbookstudio.substack.comn). I am in the process of planning the first ever printed edition of the book. It will be letterpress printed, illustrated with new woodcut illustrations, and bound by hand. Thanks for helping bring this manuscript to a wider audience!
Thank you for your lovely comments, and all the best with your printing project - sounds wonderful!