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Hildegard’s Cakes of Joy 2023

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A hearty, humor-balancing, cheer-inducing cake crafted with spelt, nutmeg, clove, and a dollop of honey.

 

Nutmeg (Nux muscata) has great heat and good moderation in its powers. If a person eats a nutmeg, it will open up his heart, make his judgment free from obstruction, and give him a good disposition. Take some nutmeg and an equal weight of cinnamon and a bit of cloves, and pulverize them. Then make small cakes with this and fine whole wheat flour and water. Eat them often. It will calm all bitterness of the heart and mind, open your heart and impaired senses, and make your mind cheerful. It purifies your senses and diminishes all harmful humors in you. It gives good liquid to your blood, and makes you strong.

 

The best grain is spelt (spelta). It is hot, rich, and powerful. It is milder than other grains. Eating it rectifies the flesh and provides proper blood. It also creates a happy mind and puts joy in the human disposition.

– Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica, translated by Priscilla Throop

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Unexpectedly, this smells like how I wanted Sweet Lavinia's Risalamande to smell.  It's a very rice-type gain smell with marmalade.  It's pleasent, but it doesn't rock my world.  A nice scent for a lazy winter weekend at home.

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