Month: April 2017

I had this for dinner last night.  It was kind of plain despite the saffron, onions, parsley, mint and thyme in it (the latter two from our garden).  It was based on a 14th century recipe and helped me to know what pease porridge is after all these years.  Per wikipedia “The origins of this rhyme are unknown….The earliest recorded version of Pease Porridge Hot is a riddle found in John Newbery’s Mother Goose’s Melody (c. 1760):

Pease Porridge hot,

Pease Porridge cold,

Pease Porridge in the Pot

Nine Days old,

Spell me that in four Letters?

I will, THAT.“

Also per Wikipedia:

“Schoolchildren often play Pease Porridge Hot by pairing off and clapping their hands together to the rhyme as follows:

Pease (clap both hands to thighs) porridge (clap own hands together) hot (clap partner’s hands),

pease (clap both hands to thighs) porridge (clap own hands together) cold (clap partner’s hands),

Pease (clap thighs) porridge (clap own hands) in the (clap right hands only) pot (clap own hands),

nine (clap left hands only) days (clap own hands) old (clap partner’s hands).”

I did this exact reciting and clapping.  It is funny how kids’ culture works.  I wonder if they still do this, in our digital age.  I hope so.  But now at least I know what pease porridge is. 

This was our dinner last night from King’s Landing.  It is from a 14th century recipe from “The Forme of Cury”.  The recipe called for not cooking the beans, just soaking them.  But after soaking them 24 hours, they were still crunchy so I decided to cook them for 2 hours first.  The beans in the photo look much larger than ours so I am wondering if larger white beans were used, but I could not find any larger ones in the store.  This was really good with added salt and pepper.  The bacon was from our pigs, the rest store bought.  

I am slowing down the recipes a little because I am saving most of them for when the GOT is actually on TV.  I have one more to go until then and will pick up again July 16 for the premiere!