Talking Tripe: Cooking the Books Part II

Join NLI archivists Joanne Carroll and Nora Thornton as they delve once again into the recipe collections held within the collections of the National Library of Ireland. The success of the Cooking The Books talk last year showed that there was an enormous interest in early cooking techniques, food and recipes and although the talk gave a good overview of the collections, there wasn’t time to explore any particular subject in detail. In Cooking the Books Part II, Joanne will focus more on the cures and remedies that are very often found within manuscripts of culinary recipes. Nora will do a more in-depth analysis of her favourite culinary manuscript, MS 42,009. There will also be a focus, not just on tripe but on other less popular ingredients that aren’t in as much use today. Who knows, perhaps tripe can be made popular again…