Medieval Food By Lily Nugent Cooking Open fire

Medieval Food By Lily Nugent

Cooking Open fire Tools § Pots Spit roasting § Pans Baking § Kettles Smoking § skillets Salting Cauldrons Firing Tools Boiling § Knives § Ladles § Meat forks § Scissors

kitchens Kitchen was in separate building for Fire safety Spit roasting and iron cauldrons were used Animals kept outside Barns nearby Ponds with fish Gardens with herbs and vegetables Large kitchens Stone sinks Water from wells Water from castles came later

Breakfast elite group Ate between 6 and 7 Tax to bake Had white bread 3 meat dishes 3 fish dishes Wine or ale to drink commoners Ate at sunrise Had dark rye bread Ale or water Had cheese occasionally

Beverages Water from wells Bad river water Milk Lack in refrigerators Sweetened water Lots of ale Made from barley Lords had wine Permission to sell ale Permit for selling wine and ale

Dinner Royalty Peasants 2 -3 courses Eaten Instead of lunch Ate between 11 am and 12 4 -6 dishes in each coarse Usually had meat and fish dishes Called “ploughman's lunch” Eaten in the fields Had dark bread Made from rye and barley Had cheese and ale Ate between 11 am and 12

Feasts -Christmas Day -Weddings -Special events • Held in great halls • Lords at high tables • Washed hands at table • Ate with fingers • Stale bread-plates • Cut meat with their own knife • Castle cookbooks • Had fast days

Supper Royalty Slightly like dinner Snack before bed Smaller than dinner Eaten between 6 and 7 pm Drank wine and ale Peasants Relied mainly on pig meat Eaten toward sunset Sunset varied with seasons Had vegetable pottage and stews Fish or meat occasionally Bread and ale

Growing Methods Farming year started in spring Oxen and horses used for labor Usually pulled plow Horses came later Rotated crops in fields Serfs and peasants farmed Serfs were peasant farmers Upper class lived off what they farmed Churches got 10% of all serfs products Peasants didn’t own the land they farmed

Meat, Poultry and Fish Butcher 2 -3 witnesses of live animal Relied on pig meat All houses had pigs Fattened and killed them Beef was popular Never neglected poultry Ate pigeons Geese were highly prized • Didn’t eat red meat on Fridays • Instead ate fish • Preserved fish often • Ate -pike -lampreys -trout -carp

Fruits and Vegetables Wealthy Normally didn’t eat raw foods Had fruit pies Preserved in honey Peasants Ate lots of fresh fruits Many of the fruits common today Called “Herbs" not vegetables Ground vegetables were for the poor Had salads Salads were called “sallet” Wealthy Nobles ate -rape -onions -garlic -leek Upper class had lack in nutrients

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Test 1. They cooked food over a. heated stones b. a stove c. an open fire 2. In castles kitchens were located a. outside the great hall b. behind the grand dinning room c. under the cooks bedroom 3. Peasants ate breakfast at a. 6 -7 am b. when they woke up c. at sunrise 4. The main drink in medieval times was a. whiskey b. ale c. wine 5. In castles, feasts were held in a. the living room b. the dinning room c. the great hall 6 -8 are true or false questions A peasants dinner was called a “ploughman's” lunch. T or F For the royalty supper was bigger than dinner. T or F To organize their fields they planted the same crop in the same field every year. T or F Fill in the blank. 9. The poor ate little blank. 10. The wealthy ate little blank. Word box Fruit Meat Vegetables

Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. C A C B C True False Meat Vegetables or Fruit