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What did a medieval lady in waiting eat?
The Queen and her family were treated to meat pie (pork, beef, raisins and dates on top of whole chicken piece. They also enjoys soups that were flavoredwith wine then thickened with almonds. They also had vegebalbe that were flavoured withe wine, honey, and herbs. Some other meals included vension pies,rabbit in gravy, stuffed goose, fish marinated in ale. There desserts consisted of fried pastries, fruit confections and sculptures made of sugar.
What did the poor eat in the Middle Ages?
More protein than the common people, e.g.lampreysrabbitspigeonsAnswerMeat, and lots of it! This was the mainstay of their (rather unhealthy) diet. They also ate expensive items such as imported fruits and sweets. AnswerThe rich ate lots of meat and hardly any vegetables. Most of the food was usually for decoration e.g Skinning a peacock then roasting it then putting it back in its skin and feathers. The rich drank wine and ale but no water because they thought since the peasants drank water it was inferior and they didn;t want to be like the peasants. One meal could have up to 30 courses. There were no potatoes at that time. They ate pies, roast meat, stew and pottage, fish, poultry, tarts, soup, fruit and biscuits. The fruits that they had were apples, pears, peaches, plums, dates and figs but no oranges. Meat: deers, boars, hares, rabbitsFish: eelsPoultry: Chicken, finches, duck, geese, swans, doves, peacocks, quails and heron.Stew/pottage: Vegetables+herbs, meat or bacon, poultry, fish, oatmeal and other grains
