Medieval cuisine

The food during Medieval Times sounds so delicious! They had meatballs, pastries, and a plethora of exotic and simple recipes. However not all people had access to the wonders of medieval cuisine. This report explores the different aspects of medieval food including what the peasants ate, what the nobles ate, what were some of the food restrictions, and what feast days meant to the different classes. Learning about the different foods that nobles and peasants ate, may help you understand and appreciate the everyday things we have today! Keep in mind the differences of medieval and modern food, and enjoy. Peasants made up 90% of society in the middle ages, and their purpose was to labour (usually on the manor or farm), and to aid the nobles with little pension. Their diet reflected such. Since peasants had to work tireless hours of the day, they had to consume a lot of calories (around 5000 a day) compared to the modern man or women today (around 2000 calories). Peasants also ate a grain and wheat based diet since they were cheap and filling. Their meals contained a lot of cheap bread and rye, high fat bacon, farm fresh eggs that are high in protien, and vegetables as well. Meat was rare, and only the most prosperous of peasants could have it on a regular basis. Most food that the peasants would eat was of the kinds they would grow, the only exception was pigs, and since pigs…

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