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Medieval cuisine includes foods, eating habits, and cooking methods of various European cultures during the Middle Ages, which lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. During this period, diets and cooking changed less than they did in the early modern period that followed, when those changes helped lay the foundations for modern European cuisines.
Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus depicted dining on, among other things, a fish dish and a pretzel; illustration from Hortus deliciarum, Alsace, late 12th century.. Though various forms of dishes consisting of batter or dough cooked in fat, like crêpes, fritters and doughnuts were common in most of Europe, they were especially popular among Germans and known as krapfen (Old High German: "claw ...
[4] [5] The food became associated with medieval Christmases, as Christmas Eve, the last day of Advent, was a fast day. [5] They were a popular foodstuff of royalty; Henry I (r. 1100–1135) died, according to the chronicler Henry of Huntingdon, after eating too many ("a surfeit of lampreys") whilst on campaign in Northern France. [6] [7]
Tudor food is the food consumed during the Tudor period of English history, from 1485 through to 1603. A common source of food during the Tudor period was bread, which was sourced from a mixture of rye and wheat.
By the late medieval period, craftspeople and merchants had opportunity to eat luxurious foods from time to time at guild feasts; and (more humble) fare would be distributed to the poor. Venison was given as a gift by the nobility and could not be bought at markets or butchers' shops, which Felicity Heal has said helped "develop and reinforce ...
The come-hither shoe that turned the head of many a medieval romantic [London Museum] Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics - a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society - was one ...
A trencher (from Old French trancher 'to cut') is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale) bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat. [1] At the end of the meal, the trencher could be eaten with sauce, but could also be given as alms to the poor.
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