Pastry coffins were a kind of medieval Tupperware, meant to preserve the foods they contained. They were inedible boxes made from flour, water and sometimes fat that were discarded when done. Sometimes they contained live surprises such as birds or even humans. A surprise pastry coffin was “served” to King Charles I by the Duchess of Buckingham. It contained the tiny Sir Jeffrey Hudson who broke through the coffin’s crust dressed in a tiny suit of armor.
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