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<u>Forbidding meat eating and recipe for ancient sweet plant-based meat:</u>‘Nepeieren’ or ‘Fake egg’. | <u>Forbidding meat eating and recipe for ancient sweet plant-based meat:</u>‘Nepeieren’ or ‘Fake egg’. | ||
In the Netherlands, from the Middle Ages to the end of the 16th century, being catholic meant days when the consumption of meat and often dairy was forbidden. The cooks of the rich thus prepared luxurious and elaborate preparations in order to compensate for the absence of meat and dairy products in the meal. Dishes that resembled a rabbit or a pheasant, plant based butter or eggs could be found on the table. Gheeraert Vorselmans in is Eenen Nyeuwe coock boeck from 1560 included, for example: | In the Netherlands, from the Middle Ages to the end of the 16th century, being catholic meant days when the consumption of meat and often dairy was forbidden. The cooks of the rich thus prepared luxurious and elaborate preparations in order to compensate for the absence of meat and dairy products in the meal. Dishes that resembled a rabbit or a pheasant, plant based butter or eggs could be found on the table. Gheeraert Vorselmans in is <i>Eenen Nyeuwe coock boeck</i> from 1560 included, for example: | ||
<u>Recipe:</u> | <u>Recipe:</u> | ||
1. Empty the shell of real eggs<br> | 1. Empty the shell of real eggs<br> | ||
2. Add 120 grams of ground almonds to 1 liter of boiling water<br> | 2. Add 120 grams of ground almonds to 1 liter of boiling water<br> | ||