Did medieval people eat sweet potatoes?

Answer 1

Rice pudding imported from the Middle East became popular in the middle ages. Custard was also invented during that time . However most puddings were meat based. the people ate only a fraction of the Sweet thing that are consumed by modern man.

Answer 2

Both, provided they could afford it.

Pottage is a thirteenth-century word for a thick soup or stew, made with vegetables and, if it was available, meat.

Porridge is a soggy dish of water or milk and meal (ground seeds, such as oatmeal) or beans or peas boiled together until thick. The word can be traced to the sixteenth century and comes from the word pottage.

In both cases the word would have come into traceable use much later than the type of food itself; a common situation with words.

Answer 3

Since sweet potato originated in Central or South America and the americas were not discovered until after the medieval period, it is impossible for anyone in medieval Europe to have eaten them. The same applies to all foods from the Americas: potato, tomato, sweetcorn, chocolate, squash and so on.

Answer 4

They had the pudding for many uses, but their main use was as a lube, for when they were busy having 20+ orgies, and raping eachother.

DARTH VADER WAS HERE, AND I AM YOUR FATHER!

Answer 5

Yes they did, but it was different from the ice cream now. They had to put lots of salt in, so the ice cream would stay cool.

Answer 6

We know that medieval people had apple pie (sorry, President Washington), and we know that medieval people had custard. It is hard to imagine they did not eat them together.

Answer 7

yes