Wellcome Mead: 105 Mead Recipes from 17th and 18th Century English Receipt Books at the Wellcome Library

Wellcome Mead: 105 Mead Recipes from 17th and 18th Century English Receipt Books at the Wellcome Library
Author: Laura Angotti
Publisher: Historical Brewing Sourcebook
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781732464612

"if your vessell houlde Ten Gallons put in a Bout 5 Races of Ginger the out sides Paired a Way 2 Nuttmege and a Grote worth of Cinnamon A little mace a few Cloves ... and you must make it at Miclemas And not to be Drunk Tell Lent" Wellcome Mead presents 105 historical mead recipes and their variants (29 additional recipes). Each of the recipes has been drawn from 17th and early 18th century English household receipt books held by the Wellcome Library in London. Although the recipes are drawn from a focused time and geography, they showcase the breadth and complexity of historical mead recipes. After a brief discussion of the source documents, Wellcome Mead focuses on understanding the original recipes within the context of their historical world and developing useable modern interpretations for them. Equipment, and methods used to produce the original recipes are detailed and discussed as well as each of the over 100 different ingredients. Changes in mead recipes over time are addressed with reference to historical factors driving that change. Mead styles represented include plain mead, metheglins (spices herbs, and flowers), fruited meads (melomels), citrus meads, and braggots. Multiple options are presented to bring recipes forward for modern use, and specific recipe interpretations are given for each of the historical recipes. Recipe interpretations are suitable for both those interested in using history as inspiration for more modern efforts and those focused on historical re-creation. The book is intended for mazers familiar with basic mead making. PART I: Historical Mead Making Introduction Recipes in Context Old Recipes into Modern Mead Making Ingredients Selected Recipes PART II: The Recipes Plain Meads Meads with Added Sugars Cirtus Meads Flower Forward Meads Spice Focused Meads Non-Spice (Herb) Focused Meads Multiple Flavors Complex Meads Braggots Miscellaneous Meads

Virginia Honey: A Sweet History

Virginia Honey: A Sweet History
Author: Virginia C. Johnson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467146897

Honeybees have been a part of Virginia's history since they arrived with the first European colonists. They were Jamestown's valuable addition and a Civil War soldier's sweet if painful temptation, and they served as homefront heroes when the world wars caused sugar shortages. In recent years, mead has seen a resurgence along with beekeeping and has claimed a place as a craft beverage in the Commonwealth. Join author Virginia Johnson to hunt escaped swarms flying wild in the forests, visit modern-day observation hives and follow the mead path across the Commonwealth for a taste of history.

The Big Book of Mead Recipes

The Big Book of Mead Recipes
Author: Robert Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-03-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998347295

Big Book of Mead Recipes is a first - the first in a series of recipes for mead. Like the craft home brewing world, the mead world is going crazy, and now there are proven, repeatable recipes that use modern techniques to create amazing meads. We have several book on mead making techniques, but good recipe books are not so common. So here, Rob offers you his first book, covering all the mead categories, to whet your appetite, and let you create some amazing meads. Dive into the "Big Book of Mead Recipes" and go create some liquid gold!

Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800

Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800
Author: L. Whaley
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230295177

Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800.

EqualBITE

EqualBITE
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9463511431

“The ivory tower, like other stately homes in the UK, might present a grand façade to the world but closer inspection reveals a dark, spidery basement full of inequalities.” Gender imbalances still exist across all areas of higher education. From salaries and promotion, to representation in the curriculum, formal approaches and good intentions rarely address the full complexity. EqualBITE digs into the messy reality of higher education gender issues, presenting people’s stories, experiences and frustrations and – more importantly – what can be done. University of Edinburgh students and staff share real-life experiences of gender challenges and opportunities, and their constructive responses. The book condenses current academic research into practical actions that do make a difference. EqualBITE is a pragmatic and positive response to gender issues in academia – a catalyst for creating a culture which is better for everyone. “We were so pleased to see this new guide to one aspect of diversity—gender equality—and to see how good it is: the book is comprehensive; it is raw, honest and personal; and it is very well written. It is a book both for reading cover-to-cover and for dipping into, and it will be enormously influential.” – Jim Smith Director of Science, Wellcome Trust & Gemma Tracey Diversity & Inclusion Programme Manager – Science & Research, Wellcome Trust “The balance between data and lived experience equip the reader with the vital understanding of the depth of institutionalised inequality...This is recommended reading for anyone working in higher education who truly wants to create a fairer culture of women.” – Talat Yaqoob Director, Equate Scotland “I really enjoyed reading the recipes - they combine humour with practical advice on how to tackle important gender issues.” – Fiona Watt Vice-Dean Research and Impact, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London

The Complete Guide to Making Mead

The Complete Guide to Making Mead
Author: Steve Piatz
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2014-07-30
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0760345643

From basics to braggots, this is the ultimate guide to making mead at home, complete with history, types, equipment, techniques, and recipes.

Make Mead Like a Viking

Make Mead Like a Viking
Author: Jereme Zimmerman
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2015-10-15
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1603585990

A complete, practical, and entertaining guide to using the best ingredients and minimal equipment to create flavorful brews—including wildcrafted meads, bragots, t’ej, grog, honey beers, and more! "A great guide . . . full of practical information and fascinating lore."—Sandor Ellix Katz, author of The Art of Fermentation Ancient societies brewed flavorful and healing meads, ales, and wines for millennia using only intuition, storytelling, and knowledge passed down through generations―no fancy, expensive equipment or degrees in chemistry needed. In Make Mead Like a Viking, homesteader, fermentation enthusiast, and self-described “Appalachian Yeti Viking” Jereme Zimmerman summons the bryggjemann of the ancient Norse to demonstrate how homebrewing mead―arguably the world’s oldest fermented alcoholic beverage―can be not only uncomplicated but fun. Inside, readers will learn techniques for brewing: Sweet, semi-sweet, and dry meads Melomels (fruit meads) Metheglins (spiced meads) Ethiopian t’ej (honey wine) Flower and herbal meads Bragots Honey beers Country wines Viking grog And there's more for aspiring Vikings to explore, including: The importance of local and unpasteurized honey for both flavor and health benefits What modern homebrewing practices, materials, and chemicals work—but aren’t necessary How to grow and harvest herbs and collect wild botanicals for use in healing, nutritious, and magical meads, beers, and wines How to use botanicals other than hops for flavoring and preserving mead, ancient ales, and gruits The rituals, mysticism, and communion with nature that were integral components of ancient brewing Whether you’ve been intimidated by modern homebrewing’s cost or seeming complexity in the past or are boldly looking to expand your current brewing and fermentation practices, Zimmerman’s welcoming style and spirit will usher you into exciting new territory. Grounded in history and mythology, but―like Odin’s ever-seeking eye―focusing continually on the future of self-sufficient food culture, Make Mead Like a Viking is a practical and entertaining guide for the ages. "Adventurous mead makers or brewers who want to move beyond the basics will find plenty to savor here."—Library Journal

Medicine and the Market in England and its Colonies, c.1450- c.1850

Medicine and the Market in England and its Colonies, c.1450- c.1850
Author: M. Jenner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2007-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0230591469

What was the medical marketplace? This book provides the first critical examination of medicine and the market in pre-modern England, colonial North America and British India. Chapters explore the most important themes in the social history of medicine and offer a fresh understanding of healthcare in this time of social and economic transformation.

The Veselka Cookbook

The Veselka Cookbook
Author: Tom Birchard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0312385684

A cozy 24-hour Ukrainian coffee shop in New York's East Village, Veselka has been a Gotham institution for more than 50 years. With "The Veselka Cookbook," the restaurant's hungry fans can recreate the foods they've come to know and love.

The Systems Model of Creativity

The Systems Model of Creativity
Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 940179085X

This first volume of the Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi represents his work on Art and Creativity. Starting with his seminal 1964 study on creativity up to his 2010 publication in Newsweek, the volume spans over four decades of research and writing and clearly shows Csikszentmihalyi’s own development as an academic, psychologist, researcher and person. Unconventional and unorthodox in his approach, Csikszentmihalyi chose the topic of creativity as a field of study believing it would help him be a better psychologist and advance his understanding of how to live a better life. The chapters in this volume trace the history of the study of creativity back to the days of Guilford and research on IQ and Jacob Getzels’ work on creativity and intelligence. Firmly grounded in that history, yet extending it in new directions, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi started his life-long study on artistic creativity. His first extensive study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago enabled him to observe, test and interview fine art students drawing in a studio. The study formed the very basis of all his work on the subject and has resulted in several articles, represented in this volume, on such creativity-related concepts as problem solving versus problem finding, the personality of the artist, the influence of the social context, creativity as a social construction, developmental issues and flow. The main contribution to the topic of creativity and also the main concept explored in this volume, is the Systems Model of Creativity. Seven chapters in this volume discuss the development of this conceptual model and theory.