“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.”
Healthy diet.
The pioneer ancestors used to eat a lot of the local "weeds", some of which (corn, 'maters, peppers, squash, pole beans) wound up in the world's diet, but most of which get attacked by broadleaf chems used by the hirelings of urban and suburban homeowners. :^)