It was a trencher
A trench was a ditch dug into the ground. A trencher was a flat piece of bread onto which food was placed, a sort of edible plate. Later trenchers were made out of wood or metal and eventually developed into plates.
bread of course
They cook bread.
A trencher is a piece of bread, sometimes stale, that was placed on a dish, or sometimes used in place of a dish, before other food items were placed over the top. The trencher absorbed juices and sauces. The trencher might be eaten, or it might be given as alms to the poor. Someone with a large appetite was known as a "good trencherman".
Not really. Bread was eaten by most people and used as a trencher for food. The main breads were made of rye or barley.
A trench was a ditch dug into the ground. A trencher was a flat piece of bread onto which food was placed, a sort of edible plate. Later trenchers were made out of wood or metal and eventually developed into plates.
bread of course
They cook bread.
To bake bread and cakes
I don't think they had cake in medieval times. Bread was about it when it came to baked goods. Bread will almost always rise.
slice, hunk, loaf, toast (if cooked)slices
Bread, meat, pottage (poridge), and to drink: Ale
A trencher is a piece of bread, sometimes stale, that was placed on a dish, or sometimes used in place of a dish, before other food items were placed over the top. The trencher absorbed juices and sauces. The trencher might be eaten, or it might be given as alms to the poor. Someone with a large appetite was known as a "good trencherman".
Not really. Bread was eaten by most people and used as a trencher for food. The main breads were made of rye or barley.
for the rich meat fish fruit for the poor bread and every do often meat
Special bread ovens were huge affairs made of stone. Fires were stoked in the bases of these ovens and bread was baked on the stone slabs' tops.
A piece of physical property (land), such as a farm that is owned by an individual or group.