Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
BASIC RECIPES
Pump Up the Jam, with Bacon!
Perfect Pasta
Sandland Savory Piecrust
Parsley Oil
Girdle Crackers
MEDIEVAL HOLIDAYS & FEASTS
Twelfth Night
Good Queen’s Wassail
Plough Monday
Plough Pudding
St. Brigid’s Day and Candlemas
Brigid’s Savory Bread Pudding
St. Valentine’s Day
Virile Chickpeas
“No Blackbirds” Cherry Bread Pudding
“Drunk on Love” Veal with Cherries
April Fool’s Day
Fool’s Paradise Onion Soup
Shrove Tuesday
Pagan Pancakes
Easter
“Silence of the Lambs” Stew
Onion and Cheese Tarts
Hocktide
Welsh Rarebit
Rogation Days
Sauce Madame, for the Fun Queen
Medieval Wedding
I Do, I Do, I Do Scallops with Pea Puree
May Day
“Spring Has Sprung” Cheesecake
St. George’s Day
Dragon Lamb Wellington
The Bard’s Chicken Pie with Bacon Lattice
Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll
Chase That Cheese and Egg Soup
St. John’s Eve/Midsummer’s Eve
Summer Wine for around the Bonfire
Shrimp & Lobster in Vinegar
St. Swithin’s Day
“Right as Rain” Apple Pastries
Lammas Day
Bread Winner
Pig Face Day
Wee Matilda’s Big Pig Out
The Installation of Archbishop Neville’s Feast
“Swimming against the Tide” Salmon Pie with Parsnip Mash
Kingmaker’s Chicken
Michaelmas
Give Them the Bird
Saintly Fall Fritters
September 29th Blackberry Butter and Lemon Scones
All Hallow’s Eve
Squash Your Demons with Honey and Almonds
The Crone’s Scone; a Deconstructed Pork Pie
Martinmas
Peasant Duck Ravioli
Cinnamon Beef Roast Wrapped in Heaven
Last of the Harvest Chutney
St. Martin’s Sickness Prevention
St. Andrew’s Day
Atholl Brose Whip on Tipsy Oatcakes
Pies of Paris
Christmas
Short Rib Lasagne
Loaf around the Veal Pie
“Christmas Is Coming” Pork Rolls
Crispels
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX
