I’ve blogged before about how the nursery rhyme about four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie was probably a coded song sung by Blackbeard the pirate’s men, recruiting new mates. But medieval and Renaissance-era recipes really did call for baking such… Read More
Note: In honor of April Fool’s Day, I’m reposting a previous blog about a great April Fool’s Day prank by the fun lovin’ Guybrarians and medieval curators at the British Library. The problem is, now I’ve tipped you off that… Read More
Because America was at war with Germany in WWI, hamburgers (named after the German city of Hamburg) were renamed Salisbury steaks. Frankfurters were called “liberty sausages,” and dachshunds became “liberty dogs.”