culina vetus (Volker Bach)
culinavetus.bsky.social
culina vetus (Volker Bach)
@culinavetus.bsky.social
Food history enthusiast and translator of old recipes
My stuff is on culina-vetus.de and in a number of books
Old school leftist - I like food so much I think everyone should have it.
Today, a set of recipes for cooking lungs and liver in spicy sauces. #Earlymodern German had no word for #offal, but some meats were less equal than others.

www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/26/l...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #organmeat
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Kann man eigentlich irgendwo eine Liste der Mitglieder dieses Verbandes einsehen? Ich würde gerne mein Einkaufsverhalten anpassen.
Fritz Cola stabil!
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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We need to talk about this A LOT in Europe. Such a shocking illustration of how we are getting colonized by the Americans. Let's spread this widely so it helps galvanize public opinion.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Carrie Fisher was the blueprint.
Protect your people. Call out the predators.
#RESIST
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Happy Birthday to the legendary Billy Connolly who turns 83 today, and who from a young age realised the importance of #Libraries.

'When I was an unhappy little boy, going to the library changed my life. It may even have saved it.'

Happy Birthday Big Yin. 🎉🎂🌟❤️
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Are you using AI, as a professional? Check your insurance cover, because a lot of the big insurers are about to pull out of insuring it. Which means that if you let it write your stuff or control your operations, you are potentially personally liable for its errors...
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”

www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Winter has come. I finished a cloak, got a beautiful new hat, and translated two 16th-century #gingerbread recipes.

www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/23/l...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #medievalsky #historicdress #hat
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I go to France next year, I should get some new glasses as well.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Das beschreibt die Situation ganz hervorragend!

Bekommt es endlich in eure Köpfe!

Die USA unter Krasnov / Trump sind unser von Russland gesteuerter Feind!
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Europa hat nur gut 1 % der weltweiten #Erdgasvorrätee – das ist eine enorme Abhängigkeit! Die #USA und #Katar nutzen das als Druckmittel. Setzt auf #Wärmepumpee und #Elektromobilitätt 🚗🔥 Sonst zahlen wir den Preis.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes

doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance
Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today's #sixteenthcentury recipe is for cold shoulder, but that is probably not where the expression comes from. It's actually pretty good.

www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/21/t...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #proverb
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today, two recipes for the same ox tongue pastry from different sources, both from Augsburg c. 1550. We have few other places with that much material to work from.

www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/19/t...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #Welser
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Translations! We need them more than ever now people rely on words a metal box vomits out.
It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM