Well, well, well, look at you, wanting to know about them old-timey eats, the medieval food recipes. I reckon folks back then ate whatever they could get their hands on, you know? Ain’t like they had fancy grocery stores or DoorDash. No sir, they had to work for their food, grow it, hunt it, or trade for it.
First off, they ate a lot of what they could grow. Apples and such, things that are easy on the belly. And veggies, like cabbage, lettuce, purslane – whatever that is – and herbs too. They’d toss ’em in pots with water and make soups, thick ones with whatever grains they had. Called it pottage, they did. If they were lucky, they’d throw in some chicken or goat meat, if they had any. Them rich folks, the kings and lords, they’d have big ol’ banquets with all sorts of fancy grub, like deer meat (venison, they call it), wild pig (boar), salmon, pike, duck, and even swan, if you can believe it. Mixed veggies too, like we do now.
- Apples and such: Good for startin’ a meal, easy on the tummy.
- Cabbage, lettuce, purslane: Growed ’em in their gardens, I reckon.
- Pottage: Thick soup, like a stew. Filled with grains and veggies, sometimes meat if they had it.
- Fancy feasts: Kings and lords ate good! Venison, boar, salmon, all sorts of stuff.
Now, they didn’t have refrigerators back then, so they had to find ways to keep food from spoiling. Pickling things was a big one. Made mixed pickles, they did. And they’d roast meat over fires, like pork. Got cookbooks from them days, if you can believe it. Shows how they made things, what they put in their food. Learn to make cabbage soup (chowder, they call it) and such. Pretty neat, huh?
Bread was a big deal too. Whole wheat rolls, they made ’em. Ain’t like that fluffy white bread we get now. This stuff was probably hard as a rock, but it filled your belly. They probably ate a lot of bread, just to keep from being hungry. Gotta have something to soak up all that pottage, right?
I tell you what, it makes you appreciate what we got now. Back then, you ate what you could find, what you could grow. No fancy spices or exotic ingredients. Just good, plain food. Probably tasted better, too, since they worked so hard for it.
So, if you wanna try some medieval food recipes, you gotta be ready for simple stuff. Lots of soups and stews, roasted meats, and good ol’ bread. Don’t expect anything fancy, just good, honest food. And don’t forget the pickles, gotta have them pickles!
It’s funny how things change, ain’t it? But at the end of the day, food is food. Keeps you going, keeps you alive. And them folks back in medieval times, they knew how to make do with what they had. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
Anyways, that’s about all I know about them medieval food recipes. Just plain, simple food. Nothing fancy, but it got the job done. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go see what’s for supper.
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