Investigating cesspits to discover age-old recipes (video)

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Archaeologist Merit Hondelink studies the eating habits of Dutch urban populations between the 16th and 18th centuries. To this end, she takes samples from old cesspits to find traces of prepared food. Hondelink also cooks long-forgotten dishes herself, using age-old recipes. Sometimes, this even yields additional insights for her research. In this video, she explains her research and is seen cooking an old Christmas cake called Jan-in-de-zak.

Period11-Jan-2019

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  • TitleInvestigating cesspits to discover age-old recipes (video)
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletUniversity Groningen
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date11/01/2019
    DescriptionArchaeologist Merit Hondelink studies the eating habits of Dutch urban populations between the 16th and 18th centuries. To this end, she takes samples from old cesspits to find traces of prepared food. Hondelink also cooks long-forgotten dishes herself, using age-old recipes. Sometimes, this even yields additional insights for her research. In this video, she explains her research and is seen cooking an old Christmas cake called Jan-in-de-zak.
    URLhttps://www.rug.nl/news/2018/12/investigating-cesspits-to-discover-age-old-recipes-%28video%29
    PersonsMerit Hondelink
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Keywords

  • Cesspit
  • Archaeobotany
  • History
  • Recipes
  • Early Modern time period
  • Cooking