By Lily Nugent

CookingSpit roasting

Baking SmokingSalting FiringBoiling

Open fireTools Pots Pans Kettles skilletsCauldronsTools Knives Ladles Meat forks Scissors

kitchensKitchen was in separate building for Fire

safetySpit roasting and iron cauldrons were usedAnimals kept outsideBarns nearbyPonds with fishGardens with herbs and vegetablesLarge kitchensStone sinksWater from wellsWater from castles came later

Breakfastelite group commoners

Ate between 6 and 7

Tax to bakeHad white bread3 meat dishes3 fish dishesWine or ale to

drink

Ate at sunriseHad dark rye

breadAle or waterHad cheese

occasionally

BeveragesWater from wellsBad river waterMilkLack in refrigeratorsSweetened waterLots of aleMade from barleyLords had winePermission to sell alePermit for selling wine and ale

Dinner Royalty Peasants

2-3 coursesEaten Instead of

lunchAte between 11am

and 124-6 dishes in each

coarseUsually had meat

and fish dishes

Called “ploughman's lunch”

Eaten in the fieldsHad dark breadMade from rye and

barleyHad cheese and aleAte between 11am

and 12

Feasts Feasts

-Christmas Day-Weddings-Special events• Held in great halls• Lords at high tables• Washed hands at table• Ate with fingers• Stale bread-plates• Cut meat with their own knife• Castle cookbooks• Had fast days

Supper Royalty Peasants

Slightly like dinnerSnack before bedSmaller than

dinnerEaten between 6

and 7pmDrank wine and ale

Relied mainly on pig meat

Eaten toward sunsetSunset varied with

seasonsHad vegetable

pottage and stewsFish or meat

occasionallyBread and ale

Growing MethodsFarming year started in springOxen and horses used for laborUsually pulled plowHorses came laterRotated crops in fieldsSerfs and peasants farmedSerfs were peasant farmersUpper class lived off what they farmedChurches got 10% of all serfs productsPeasants didn’t own the land they farmed

Meat, Poultry and Fish•Didn’t eat red meat on Fridays•Instead ate fish•Preserved fish often•Ate -pike-lampreys-trout-carp

Butcher 2-3 witnesses of live animal

Relied on pig meat

All houses had pigs

Fattened and killed them

Beef was popular

Never neglected poultry

Ate pigeons

Geese were highly prized

Fruits and Vegetables

Wealthy Normally didn’t eat raw

foodsHad fruit piesPreserved in honey

PeasantsAte lots of fresh fruitsMany of the fruits common

today

Called “Herbs" not vegetables

Ground vegetables were for the poor

Had saladsSalads were called “sallet”

Wealthy Nobles ate -rape

-onions-garlic-leek

Upper class had lack in nutrients

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Please take out a blank piece of paper for the test. Thank you!

Test1. They cooked food over a. heated stones b. a stove c. an open fire2. In castles kitchens were

located a. outside the great hall b. behind the grand dinning

room c. under the cooks bedroom3. Peasants ate breakfast at a. 6-7am b. when they woke up c. at sunrise4. The main drink in medieval

times was a. whiskey b. ale c. wine

5. In castles, feasts were held in a. the living room b. the dinning room c. the great hall6-8 are true or false questions A peasants dinner was called

a “ploughman's” lunch. T or F For the royalty supper was

bigger than dinner. T or F To organize their fields they

planted the same crop in the same field every year. T or F

Fill in the blank.9. The poor ate little blank.10. The wealthy ate little blank.

Word boxFruitMeat

Vegetables

Answers 1. C2. A3. C4. B5. C6. True7. False8. False9. Meat10.Vegetables or Fruit