Apple Pie Recipe From 1685 - Old Cookbook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking

I stumbled upon this video for apple pie using a recipe from 1685. I'm going to try baking one of these, but I am mainly posting because I was not aware that a potato, tomato, banana or pineapple was considered an apple back then. I thought that made this interesting enough to make a thread.

The cookbook that this is from is called "The Accomplished Cook or the Art & Mystery of Cookery".



I found the cookbook online and below is the description and a link to the online library that has it. It is probably better to follow the youtube video if you are also interested in trying the apple pie recipe. Aside from being in old English, the cookbook is written for master chefs and does not give what most would consider a recipe.

The Accomplished Cook or the Art & Mystery of Cookery

Wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language. Expert and ready wayes for the dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, with variety of sauces proper for each of them; and how to raise all manner of pastes; the best directions for all sorts of kickshaws; also the tearms of carving and sewing. An exact account of all dishes for all seasons of the year, with other a la mode curiosities. The third edition, with large additions throughout the whole work; besides two hundred figures of several forms for all manner of bake't meats, (either flesh or fish) as pyes, tarts, custards, cheesecakes, and florentines, placed in tables, and directed to the pages they appertain to. Approved by the fifty five years experience and industry of Robert May, in his attendance on several persons of great honour

a reply to: tamusan

Receipe from 1381.

The First Apple Pie Recipe Was Printed In England In 1381

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a reply to: tamusan

In French potato is called Pomme de la terre or
Apple of the earth, or ground apple.

a reply to: alldaylong

Cool, thanks sharing. It was an interesting. The video in my OP mentions some earlier recipes, but they didn't think they were as good as the one in the video.

a reply to: JAGStorm

That shows how dense I can be about some things. I took some French classes in junior high and high school, but still never made the connection until the video pointed it out.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: tamusan

In French potato is called Pomme de la terre or
Apple of the earth, or ground apple.

I adore little lovely factoids of that nature!

Thank you for sharing that!


Respectfully,
~meathead

24 egg yolks in a pie? Yuck!

a reply to: visitedbythem

It's just the yolks. I love egg yolks so I might like it. But my doctor won't when he gets my next labs