Codswallop. Something Fishy from the British Library

“A long-lost medieval cookbook, containing recipes for hedgehogs, blackbirds and even unicorns, has been discovered at the British Library. Professor Brian Trump of the British Medieval Cookbook Project described the find as near-miraculous. “We’ve been hunting for this book for years. The moment I first set my eyes on it was spine-tingling.””

via Unicorn Cookbook Found at the British Library – Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts.

Unicorn Marinaded in Cloves and Garlic Roasting on a Griddle

As someone who spent hours in the British Library, at least when it was part of the British Museum, with the old heavy book catalogs in the Reading Room and the hectic whispered social life of the North Library (the Rare Book Room), I was delighted to read this yesterday.  Do read the whole thing if you haven’t already come across it.

• ← The Japanese as a Wheat-Eating Nation
• Those brown spots, swollen joints and tender gums →