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Medieval food Medieval cookery books There are over 50 hand-written medieval cookery manuscripts still in existence today. Some are lists of recipes tucked into the back of guides to medical remedies or apothecaries' instruction manuals. Others focus on descriptions of grand feasts. Food across the social scale A nobleman's diet would have been very different from the diets of those lower down the social scale. Cooked food All fruit and vegetables were cooked - it was believed that raw fruit and vegetables caused disease. Banquets and plain food Banqueting tables at grand feasts were decked with spectacular dishes - providing the perfect opportunity for the nobleman to show off his wealth. Poorer diets Those lower down the social scale ate a less impressive diet. Rich and poor alike ate a dish called pottage, a thick soup containing meat, vegetables, or bran. Explore more 1500s food 1600s food 1700s food 1800s food 1900s food
Medieval Cookery Welcome to Gode Cookery Food Timeline: food history research service Food History - A Bibliographic Database Katja's Medieval Cooking & Food Page My classes, redactions & research papers Books I use to research period food Help! What does "bray" or "seethe it well" mean??Cindy Renfrow's Glossary of Medieval Culinary TermsGodeCookery's Glossary of Medieval Food Terms How do I measure these ingredients? Where can I buy those books? Magazines on food history:Serve It Forth! Unusual spices or ingredients:The Pepperer's Guild (cubebs!) Unusual cooking/baking equipment:House on the Hill (historic cookie molds)Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog (cast-iron pots) ListServs about period food:Archives of the SCA-Cooks listSCA-Æthelmearc Cooks Yahoo list pageSCA-Bakers Yahoo list pageGodeCookery discussion group Food history symposiums:Serve It Forth! Misc. helpful modern food links:U.S. Food throughout history:The Food Timeline