Eat, Drink, and be Merry
In a time of no forks, many spices, and wooden plates, the people of the middle ages loved their food. To them food and drink were not only a necessary part of life but also a form of entertainment and a good excuse to get together and socialize. Even though they had knifes and spoons, the forkless civilization tended to use there hands and "fingers a great deal" (Food). They also used wooden plates, or sometimes day old bread as plates when meats were served in order to soak up the blood from the meat. As for preparing the meals, a bi
With their meals they usually had ale, or some sort of juice, sometimes fermented. The upper class could afford to preserve meat year round and could buy spice for tasteless food or food that is about to go bad. The basic ingredients to this "meal-in-a-bowl" (Hinds) is sprouted barley grains, peas, salted pork or bacon, onion, garlic, and they also tossed in whatever they happened to be growing in their garden. Infact, meat was apart of their daily diet "principally beef, followed by pork and mutton, with game and poultry [last]" (Singman) drinking ale and or wine with their meals. So as they say in the middle ages, eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die. Since social status determind how will the people ate, lords were fed very well. This was true all through out the year, including the winter, when meat was scarce and crops were not growing. " The villagers ate pottage "nearly every day" (Hinds). They also a had a soup called "pottage. Their main food was grain, rye, oats, barley, beans, and peas, since wheat was also relatively expensive. Meat was really was pretty expensive and was not rally apart of a peasants diet. As for the peasants, or lower class, it was the opposite. They also had dairy and vegetables, but they were not favored. Many of the spices that they used are still used today.
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