From GastroObscura, March 10:
Since January, the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, England, has been selling copies of one of the strangest cookbooks ever published. That’s according to Stuart Orme, the museum’s curator, who’s also written the new introduction to The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth, Commonly Called Joan Cromwell, the Wife of the Late Usurper.
This is no Joy of Cooking. Instead, the book begins with what Orme calls “a very ranty essay” against Oliver Cromwell and his wife, Elizabeth. Cromwell, as the first non-royal to preside over the British Isles, was still a controversial figure at its publication in 1664, several years after his death. While the recipes that make up most of the book are typical of the time, the anonymous editor peppered the text with political, personal, and sexual slander aimed at tarnishing the Cromwell legacy.
Elizabeth Cromwell herself had nothing to do with the cookbook, a 1665 copy of which is on display in the museum. Though she was still alive at the time, she was, by all accounts, not a prominent figure in society or politics. She certainly never published anything, much less a cookbook. However, Orme believes that the recipes in The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth did come from the Cromwell family records....
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All that being said, and speaking of fake news, these have to be more authentic than Elizabeth Warren's Pow-Wow Chow recipes:
“Cold Omelets with Crab Meat” and “Crab with Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing”
Had the Cherokee, even before their "Trail of Tears" forced removal from their western North and South Carolina riverine homes to Oklahoma, even tasted crab meat they probably got food poisoning.
Which is probably a moot point as the Senator lifted the recipes, without attribution, from Chef Pierre Franey.
Where was I? Cromwell.
For that type of food I'd recommend Simpson's.
