By Hannah Mahmood

The Vikings ate animals like Deers, Wild boars,Foxes and Beaver and Bears .They also used toEat hares! Crazy!

The Vikings farmed crops ,grew gardens and raised animals. They ate whatever they produced on their farms or what they could hunt. The farms were small, but big enough for the family to survive on In the right climate and soils, the vikings grew vegetables such as cabbagages , leeks ,turnips , onions , and beans . Often there was a vegetable patch near the house .

Onion soup was fed to the injured to identify injuries.If they could smell onion That meant that they weregoingto die! What was wrong with them?

The onion soup was known for poor people in Viking times

because it was really easy to

make

Honey was used for sweetening stuff like mead. Sugar was not invented in those times so they had to use honey and dry fruits to sweeten their food .Honeywas also fermented to make their favourite drink mead .

Bread was an important part of the Vikings diet. Baking was a daily task because the bread was usually stale the next day. The bread was usually made with barley, wheat, rye or oats. The grain had to be separated from its stalk. The vikings ground grain between two large circular stones to make flour. The bottom stone was called a quern and the top stone a hand stone.

Some Viking used the inner layer of bark from the birch tree to make the flour!

At the centre of most Viking homes , they had a large fire which all meals were cooked. This was called maledr meaning meal fire .

Vikings cooked most of theirby boiling. They would do this in a kettle- not the type were used to, but a large cauldron or pot made of iron or soapstone. This was sometimes hung on a chain from the ceiling and lowered into the fire for cooking. Stews and soups were cooked in the kettle often using the remains of the previous nights dinner .

To often warm up liquids ,

the vikings used

cooking stones

The Vikings are best known as brave and fearsome invaders and warriors, but they were also able farmers and fishermen.

Here are some facts about the types of farming and fishing the Vikings relied upon, the foods they would have eaten and their meal time practices and customs.

The best farmland in the Viking world was located in Denmark and parts of Sweden

On the fertile land in these areas, the Vikings grew: wheat, barley, rye and oats.

Flax was also grown and this was turned into linen.