The Past is a Foreign Pantry

Food and history. May contain traces of humour.

[The Past is a Foreign Pantry @foreign_pantry]

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When a goose met a peacock in 15th-century France 😱. https://t.co/3zOFiPp16W

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@MonkCuisine This is a fantastic article thank you! Always in awe of these medieval cooks and their artistry

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Happy birthday Richard II - have some appulmoy https://t.co/8vTv4d0IbB

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@stannieholt Thank you, these are great suggestions! Particularly like the idea of the embroidery motifs...

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🍪 I'm (tentatively) thinking of opening an online shop selling limited collections of handpainted historical biscuits. I would SO appreciate a like or repost (lord knows how hard it is to get spotted on here nowadays)!

Any ideas of topics/themes would also be appreciated 💗

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🍪 I'm (tentatively) thinking of opening an online shop selling limited collections of handpainted historical biscuits. I would SO appreciate a like or repost (lord knows how hard it is to get spotted on here nowadays)!

Any ideas of topics/themes would also be appreciated 💗

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I was inspired by the photo of the 14th century wall painting fragments below and had a spare day to myself so decided to recreate it in biscuit form... obviously!

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

Happy St. Stephen’s Day! 14th century wall painting fragments from St. Stephen’s Chapel - the Royal Chapel at the Old Palace of Westminster, largely destroyed by fire in 1834. The fragments are now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #BoxingDay

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Christmas fun with a little medieval history thrown in: https://t.co/yuci8sxEPL

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#medieval Twitter, is it true that members of the clergy were forbidden from shedding blood and had to fight with blunt weapons or clubs? Or is this a myth? 4th Lateran Council specifies no blood shedding but in a mostly judicial context rather than warfare..?

[Sarah Lord @PotsOfHistory]

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@fernan1287 @MonkCuisine Could you help me spread it a little further and boost my numbers?

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Calling anyone who can help me transcribe any of the words in this will that have been highlighted in red! #twitterstorians @MonkCuisine not #medieval but any help appreciated as you are the best I know 😂

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Today is my daughter's birthday! 🥳 and I got a huge promotion yesterday! 💫 cake for everyone!

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Happy grammatically correct Mothers' Day to you! Why not p̶u̶n̶i̶s̶h̶ treat your mum to a throwback post on the original Mothering Sunday gift: simnel cake? I'm sure she'd be delighted.

https://t.co/xPP7VpykkJ

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This leap year why not go catch yourself a husband using what I've assumed is THE dating manual of the 20th century 'Scouting for boys'?

https://t.co/tpNDYYZcAH

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@KeepCalmFannyOn @jamie_medhurst @HaftorMedboe Congratulations!

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