Britain reprinted and published a medieval cookbook on June 27th, from which it can be seen that British aristocrats at that time really took a lot of food orally. No matter whether they fly in the sky, run on the ground or swim in the water, they all catch it and make it into a dish-"chop sparrows, roast swans, burn antelopes, stew dog meat, cook sea eels, cook dolphins ...". Some modern gourmets drool, so they stew sea eels with cloves, cinnamon and saffron. The result is a bit strange.

Since18th century, this cookbook has been "lying" in the castle of Longritt, Marquis of Bath in obscurity, only for scholars to study privately. There are 40,000 books in the seven libraries of Longritt Castle, which is one of the important private collections in Europe. Due to its age, the castle was invisibly covered with a mysterious color by outsiders. It is said that a mysterious man in black often haunts one of the libraries.

Although this cookbook is only 80 pages long, it is clearly divided into three parts, which describe in detail the dining situation of British nobles in the Middle Ages. The first part is the menu of previous grand banquets, including Henry V's dishes at the coronation dinner in 14 13; The second part is the calendar of seasonal dishes, that is, what dishes to eat in what season; The third part lists the specific cooking ingredients.

Different from modern cookbooks, this medieval English cookbook does not indicate the amount of raw materials and the length of cooking time for each dish, which may be because the chefs who cook for the nobles are experienced and can cook by themselves. There are a few lines of Latin scrawled in the margin of this book, which seems to have been studied by a chef. Interestingly, this book is accompanied by comments from nobles on their favorite dishes. For example, Henry I said that he liked eels so much that he always had to feed himself to death.

It is puzzling that vegetables are not mentioned in the menu. Are all nobles "carnivores"? They like fish and birds, such as pike, eel, carp, puffer fish, sparrow, goose, seagull, lark and peacock. Many times, providing food is a super spectacular sight, and many animals are intact. The huge dining table is also richly decorated, and the rock sugar on the table is carved into colorful colors, and sometimes it is gilded.

Don't think how elegant the nobles eat. Although they have all kinds of knives and forks neatly at hand, they often use the most primitive action-grasping with their hands. According to the recipe, ordinary aristocrats seldom waste, and they must have a good appetite to eat such amazing delicacies.