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Flexible Soup – Feeding the Revolution XXVII

Culina vetus on 2026-6-23
It was 9 October 1989, and the people on the streets of Leipzig were scared. Armed only with placards and hope, they were facing armed police and party militia, marching, as they had for several weeks now, through the city … Continue reading → read/watch more

Gingerbread War – Feeding the Revolution XXVI

Culina vetus on 2026-6-20
Those of us who are fascinated by the past all learned at some point that a lot of people are, shockingly, not interested in history. As we studied more, we also learned that, to paraphrase Trotsky, history was often interested … Continue reading → read/watch more

Reflections

Magdalena's kitchen on 2026-6-16
 It has been nearly a year since I last updated this blog. Not because I haven't done anything but because I just haven't thought about it. Time moves along whether I take note of it or not. I have been to events, read cook books, consulted on food read/watch more

Eggs in Aspic

Culina vetus on 2026-6-11
I have another few busy days coming up, so there will be no articles or recipes this weekend. But today, I can give you a short recipe for a galantine of hard-boiled eggs from the Solothurn MS: B1 A galantine … Continue reading → read/watch more

Solidarity Spaetzle – Feeding the Revolution XXV

Culina vetus on 2026-6-9
Stuttgart is not a city people usually associate with protest or political activism. It is a wealthy, conservative, bourgeois kind of place where they make expensive cars. That was probably why then conservative state premier Stefan Mappus did not read/watch more

Teaching Cooking by Doing Cooking

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-9
I teach a class at Strawberry Raid (and indeed, have taught it at other camping events) most years. It’s about how to cook a meal in a camp kitchen, including lighting the fire, managing the fire, selecting a recipe from a text, interpreting it read/watch more

Amateur Dramatics – Feeding the Revolution XXIV

Culina vetus on 2026-6-6
In 1774, in the midst of one of Old Europe’s rare years of peace, a force of about 500 militiamen gathered under arms. They had been called up by the ducal Bavarian Pflegsverwalter (regional administrator) Johann de Stock to suppress … Continue read/watch more

The Medieval Poetic Forms Project

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
This is a new meta-project, provoked in equal part by the difficulty I had in composing verse in the Welsh cywydd form, and by the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Strawberry Raid V in which I talked about that and other poetic forms.The plan is to read/watch more

A Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
A DeibhidheI’ve written up the rules of the deibhidhe form. It’s not an easy one to write in; the first couple of lines are easy, but the constraints increase as you go. For the first line, you just need seven syllables and some alliteration. By the read/watch more

Keeping Cherries Fresh

Culina vetus on 2026-6-5
This week was far too busy for any major writing projects, so all I have for you is a recipe from the Solothurn MS. but I think this one is interesting: A10 To have green and ripe cherries in wintertime … Continue reading → read/watch more

Irish Medieval Poetry Forms: Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-4
As part of what will become the The Medieval Poetic Forms Project, I’m digging into Irish Medieval Poetry Forms. There are many; a lot of the surviving texts are poetry, or at least poetic. I’ve poked triads before, too.The form I’m currently read/watch more

Strawberry Raid Sestina

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-3
Strawberry Raid SestinaFor the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Cudgel Wars last year, I wrote a set of triads. For the same at Strawberry Raid this year, I wrote a sestina. Sestinas are a slight step away from my usual sonnets, but still use read/watch more

An Interview With Me

Culina vetus on 2026-6-3
Earlier this week, I got to join Thomas Ntinas for an interview on his eminently enjoyable food history podcast The Delicious Legacy. Thom graciously suffered me to talk in great detail about what I do and why it fascinates me, … Continue reading → read/watch more

 

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