The British Library has
discovered a long-lost medieval cookbook. The highlight? Roasted unicorn.
After recipes for herring, tripe and codswallop (fish stew, a popular dish in the Middle Ages) comes that beginning "Taketh one unicorne". The recipe calls for the beast to be marinaded in cloves and garlic, and then roasted on a griddle. The cookbook's compiler, doubtless Geoffrey Fule himself, added pictures in its margins, depicting the unicorn being prepared and then served.
This is so f-ed up but I can't stop laughing. More illuminations after the jump.
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| Dinner is served |
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| The leftovers |
Yes, I noticed it was published on April 1 too. SO WHAT?!?!??!?!
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Now, admittedly, the pieces of unicorn don't look like they were re-drawn... Still, it's kinda screwy. :D
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