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Tom Nealon

Tom Nealon has written 156 posts for CRUDITAS

My latest De Condimentis post …

My latest De Condimentis post – sour cream @hilobrow http://t.co/F98VRdY

“But if they want to take my M…

“But if they want to take my Marmite off me they’ll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands.” http://bit.ly/jpl6C5 via @stevesilberman

Apply directly to warts, lesio…

Apply directly to warts, lesions, growths; also terrific on sausages and cheese. #mustard

Mustard cures scorpion bites, …

Mustard cures scorpion bites, snake venom and poisonous mushrooms. But I may have you sign a waiver before we test it.

Gallery of manuscript recipes

I’m finishing up some long neglected work on mustard (coming soon!), but in the meantime, here’s a gallery from some manuscript recipe books that wandered through recently:

@MatthewBattles brilliantly br…

@MatthewBattles brilliantly broasts a food tale in fat rendered from reality’s ample thighs http://bit.ly/gcGYGq @HILOBROW

Mid 17th century English medic…

Mid 17th century English medicine was definitely more delicious than the mid 17th century food.

A 1703 Flemish Cookery Book

I recently acquired a Belgian manuscript recipe book dated 1703 – there’s a long French section on varnishes, paints, fireworks (!), but the cookery section is all in Flemish and mijn Vlaamse zuigt, as they say in Flanders. I’ll be poking through this when I get a chance, because I’d love to make some of [...]

@tuckercummings Everything is …

@tuckercummings Everything is better as a fritter anyway – especially fried in butter!

@tuckercummings Zut! I missed …

@tuckercummings Zut! I missed this – what did you have? Moon cheese? Poulet volante? Borscht in squeeze bags? I must know!