RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Semlor

This past week was Shrove Tuesday and the beginning of Lent. Lent, especially in the Middle Ages if you were Catholic, involved a lot of rules and fasting when it comes to food. Basically, you were supposed to not eat any animal meat or animal products from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, except on Sundays. (Fish did not count as “animal” and sometimes there were some interesting logical contortions to classify something as a fish: … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Semlor →