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A Rare Early Modern Cheese Manuscript with Alex Bamji
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- Aug 20, 2025
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Summary
My guest today is Alex Bamji, Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leeds, and we are talking about a rare treatise on cheese dating from the Early Modern Period. We met up at the Brotherton Library which is home to a fantastic collection of cookery books and manuscripts. We talk about cheese, health and humoral theory; what makes a good cheese; the early modern cheese landscape; cheese as a cure for gout; and cheese haters – plus many other things. Those listening to the secret podcast: Alex and I talk about why cow’s milk is the best milk, and I wonder whether there any clues as to where their microbes are coming from. Follow Alex on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram @alexbamji Alex’s page on the University of Leeds website Alex’s LinkedIn page The digitised manuscript Ruth Bramley’s transcription A piece from Leeds University about the ‘pamflyt’ featuring Peter Brears The Brotherton Library’s cookery collection Remember: Fruit Pig are sponsoring the 9th season of the podcast and Grant and Matthew are very kindly giving listeners to the podcast a unique special offer 10% off your order until the end of October 2025 – use the offer code Foodhis in the checkout at their online shop, www.fruitpig.co.uk . The Serve it Forth Food History Festival website is now live and tickets are available on Eventbrite. If you can, support the podcast and blogs by becoming a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premium content, including bonus blog posts and recipes, access to the easter eggs and the secret podcast, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here . This episode was mixed and engineered by Thomas Ntinas of the Delicious Legacy podcast . Things mentioned in today’s episode Serve it Forth website Serve it Forth Eventbrite page List…