Posted on 05/16/2019 5:28:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
This has all been known for years and years. It’s not like we don’t have written records of recipes. Bottom line...you eat what’s available.
Perhaps the fat peasants were kept food diaries in order to facilitate weight loss. They should look for their food diaries. Or maybe look for Ye Olde Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centers.
I read that most peasants ate Pheasants.
They probably at freshly killed chicken, other animals, fresh vegetables and fruits, ate better and healthier than the rich folk.
Do you think that that they were locavores?
They actually had menus?
Pretty much.
Between the beef and mutton stew, and the green cheeses, we can be quite sure they were not vegan.
Wow...that is SO MUCH easier than doing all that dirty archeological work! You didn’t even dirty your fingernails.
>>>Imagine a career studying medieval leftovers... <<<
Imagine the artifacts they’ll find in the San Francisco downtown area. What will petrified poo say?
Some findings are significant. The article never suggested that they were rewriting historic by their analysis, but it certainly suggested that there is an interesting method of confirming the historical text that had been available. For instance, it is very interesting that apparently their diet was high in protein. That suggests a significant level of wealth, and absence of overpopulation, and a tendency to be restive if there was, in fact, any reason to dissent. Suppression of a protein diet is a common means of oppression.
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.
Four fried chickens and a coke.
“My love don’t bring me presents
I know she ain’t no pheasant”
Medieval Europeans had no potatoes, coffee, or “soft drinks” other than water or milk.
You walk into a room full of people.
How do you tell which one is vegan?
The meat and dairy products available to the residents surely varied across the centuries. The article does not date the specific finds.
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