Medieval Food Research Paper

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Have you ever wondered what medieval food tasted like? Have you ever thought that medieval food looks disgusting? In the medieval times their food could look disgusting, but not all of it was and much of it was delicious. Food is a very important part of life now, as it was then. Sometimes, medieval people would celebrate, and when they did they would have food for the celebrations. This report will explore facts of there foods and the foods that we are making with the dink that we are also making.

They made a lot of food in the medieval times. They would make a lot of things with pork, meat, almonds and nuts. They made rice tarts near the end of the medieval times. All of the ingredients were hard to find, but they still found all of the ingredients for the …show more content…

At that time it was hard to get food from other villages. Peasants gave the lord a share of there food or produce. When they had parties or holidays they would make lots of food including stuffed peacock and skylarks tongue.

They would eat soups that was made from vegetables and the broth was made from bones. Meat was a luxury for some people so it was for the higher classes in some parts. Sheep was the most common to get materials from like wool and meat. Peasants can only get smaller animals.

They made beer and wine because they couldn't find good drinking water. The beer and wine don't have as much alcohol in it as it does today. It was hard to get seasonings because they were more expensive so the higher levels get it more that the other levels. There is a better chance of getting fresh meat in the fall.

There was not a lot of sweats they did not have stuff like chocolate, banana, corn, tomatoes, chilis, teas, and coffees. They were still unknown. They did not have a lot of big meals, When they did have big meals they would do it for holidays. When they do holidays they made up to 300

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