[SunkenCiv]

A food list from the eighth-century reign of King Ine of Wessex.

Image credit: Chapter of Rochester Cathedral

[BobL]

“Anglo-Saxon royals were largely vegetarian”

No wonder the Romans kicked their butts.

[seowulf]

Unlike our politicians, Anglo-Saxon royalty chose not to live off the largesse of their peasantry.

[poinq]

No chance. This is bull. For almost the entire year there was nothing but meat and fish to eat. Stored veggies were sparse. They could store salted fish and meats. And they could live on dairy as well.

This was the world before potatoes and winter wheat and rice.

[Libloather]

Good for them. Just downed some grilled boneless beef ribs. They would be jealous.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Arugula, tofu, avocado toast, quinoa, soy milk — all staples of the Anglo Saxon royalty.

[DannyTN]

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

In the fwiw department, I still have my incisors.

They weren’t designed for vegetables.

Matter of fact the word “vegan” in Apache means “one who can’t hunt.”

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[GaltAdonis]

I'm sure that Anglo-Saxon royalty would have been delighted
to feast on vegan hot dogs had they been available back then...

/s

[chajin]

Well that piece of information goes against the grain.

[HandyDandy]

Baldrick ate turnips.

[nicollo]

Wee, wee, eet tuke zee fghrench too teech zee engleesh howe too eet prohpohrlee:

[GingisK]

It is important to notice that the Vikings, the meat eaters, won that fracas.