The Curious Frau

1. Broiled Chicken

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2. Beef rolls with pine nuts, olives and capers

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3. Drafting a Basic Fitted Sleeve

... is that this applies to curves as well! I'm going to teach you to draft a basic fitted sleeve that has the seam going up the back of the arm, not under the arm as most modern commercial patterns. It ...

4. A German Horse Barding circa 1537

... shown to be tied onto the saddle. There is a strap running under the tail Modern Considerations The horse’s owner had several requests: that it be in her colors, blue and red that it have ...

5. 66 A game pie

This is a very rich meat pie that has quite a different flavor than our modern taste buds are used too, but it's quite delicious and good cold.   Armstrong's translation: Take beef fat, ...

6. Knitted Man’s Hat from the Ship "Gagiana"

... used my experience with knitting modern tams, and finished it this way: after the row in which I knitted two together at every 3rd stitch, I knitted one row; next row, knit two together, knit one, to ...

7. Deciphering Juan de Alcega's Tailor's Pattern book of 1589

... shapes and number of pieces. I have also translated the original fabric amount given in Castilian bara into modern fabric widths and yards and added the original finished measurements to some of the ...

8. A Bitter Living: Women, Markets, and Social Capital in Early Modern Germany

A Bitter Living: Women, Markets, and Social Capital in Early Modern Germany by Sheilagh Ogilvie Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 7, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0198205546 My review:This ...

9. Good Ale, Food, Friends.....And a chance to get out of Purgatory Religious Guilds in Medieval England

... XII, chapter on Purgatory, retrieved from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm McClendon, M.C. (1999), A Moveable Feast: Saint George's Day Celebrations and Religious Change in Early Modern ...

10. Introduction to 16th century German Costuming

...  When Fathers Ruled: Family Life in Reformation Europe (Studies in Cultural History) by Steven Ozment Used price on Amazon: $9.70 Flesh and Spirit: Private Life in Early Modern Germany, by Steven Ozment ...

11. Building a research library on the topic of 16th century Germany

... on Amazon: $4.95 A Mighty Fortress : A New History of the German People, by Steven E. Ozment Used price on Amazon: $3.84 Flesh and Spirit: Private Life in Early Modern Germany, by Steven Ozment ...

12. Augsburg Weights and Measures with their Modern Equivalents

... why would Sabina write "4 lott kerner/getossen" instead of "1 lot"?  This leads me to believe that  "lott" must be shorthand for a smaller amount than a "lot", similar to T and t in modern American recipes.  ...

13. Introduction & Who was Sabina Welserin?

... weights and measures, and their modern equivalents, as to my knowledge there was no one who had yet done this.  I developed the table of Augsbergian weights and measures using several weights and measure ...

14. Broiled Chicken

I love broiling meats, I prefer it over baking or frying. Its quick and doesn't call for extra fat. The essence of simplicity and quickness. Ingredients Chicken breasts Salt Pepper Aluminum ...

15. Beef rolls with pine nuts, olives and capers

Adapted to GF/DF by Marion McNealy. Original recipe, Gourmet, March 2003 Here is the link to the original recipe on Epicurious 2 14oz cans of chopped tomatoes, just plain tomatoes, no additional ...

16. Oxymeli from Pilney the Elder

... honey 5 semi-sextarii of old vinegar 1 pound sea-salt 5 sextarii of water Ingredients in modern weights Roman equivalents found here ) 7.5 pounds of honey 5 c 11 T (5.7) old vinegar 12 oz sea-salt ...

17. Modern Gluten-Free

Modern gluten-free recipes that I have created or are based on family favorite recipes. ...