Salsamenta pictavensium: Gastronomy and Medicine in Twelfth-Century England
(2016)
Journal Article
Gasper, G. E., & Wallis, F. (2016). Salsamenta pictavensium: Gastronomy and Medicine in Twelfth-Century England. The English Historical Review, 131(553), 1353-1385. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cex013
This article presents a collection of culinary recipes from a manuscript produced in England from the later twelfth century. The suite of ten recipes for ‘Poitou sauces’ or ‘Poitou relishes’ (salsamenta pictavensium—literally ‘of the Poitevins’) to g... Read More about Salsamenta pictavensium: Gastronomy and Medicine in Twelfth-Century England.