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What did monks cook?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Monk have never and will never cook food. Monks are required to accept alms food only which has been offered to them. They eat whatever is given to them, this include meat if necessary.

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Trappist Monks are renowned for their beers, and cheeses. In Quebec for instance, Oka cheese was originally developed by the Trappist Monks. Les Peres Trappists started making in 1893, and it is still a best selling cheese in Canada. There are many more types of cheese from Trappist monasteries around the world.

Other monasteries make and sell jams, baked goods, chocolates and more. A few even run restaurants.

Some of the medieval monasteries were very rich and could afford the best food. Other monasteries served very simple foods. They weren't all begging for alms. Each monastery had a kitchen where food was prepared and cooked.

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13y ago

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