A recipe for ‘quodeny of plomes’ (or plums, as we call them today) from a 17th-century cookbook
“Take any kind of plomes and boyl them all to piece in Apple water then strain the water from them again and put to a pint of the said water a quarter of a pound of Loaf Sugar and let it boyl till it hangs thick at your spoon then wet your moulds and put it into them and when it is through could [thoroughly cold] put it into boxes and keep it for your use.”
Richard Burbage, star of Shakespeare’s theatrical company and the man who etablished London’s original Globe theatre, died on 13th March 1619.
“Take new thicke Creame a pine, foure or five yolks of egs, a good handful of flower and two or three spoonefuls of ale…”
Previous attempts at curbing Britain’s booze culture haven’t panned out too well… Hogarth knew a bit about this.
Random historical dictionary entry of the day: the Rashtrakuta dynasty of the central Indian Deccan was founded in 756 by Dantidurga, who overthrew the Chalukya dynasty and established his capital at… http://www.historytoday.com/historical-dictionary/r/rashtrakuta-dynasty
