The findings demonstrated that stews (or pottages) of meat (beef and mutton) and vegetables such as cabbage and leek, were the mainstay of the medieval peasant diet. The research also showed that dairy products, likely the 'green cheeses' known to be eaten by the peasantry, also played an important role in their diet.In other words, the latest scientific analysis confirms what we knew from written sources and common sense.
Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, as my late father used to say.