Medieval Food
Without the electric and gas ovens, hobs, kettles and fridges, Medieval people had to cook their meals on fires. They also cooked all fruit and vegetables because to eat them raw was considered bad for your health, (to know more click here ). Without the trade systems that we now have, there diet Pottage was a dish that everyone ate, no matter what there status. However the rich would add meat (e.g: beef and mutton). Bread was also a staple food in their diets. But the poor would have to endure flour mixed with rye, then was thought to be the flour that was for the poor because it was cheap. White bread (a.k.a manchett) was for the wealthy because to get all the little bits of wheat out, it would take someone a lot of time to sieve them through a muslin cloth. Meat was expensive and so most of it was reserved for the wealthy. They would eat beef, mutton, pork and venison as well as many different varieties of poultry including peacock! If the poor could get their hands on meat, it ...