How long did the cook work in the middle ages?

Answer 1

That would depend on what was being made and by whom. Peasants generally had a pot on the fire at all times to which they would add scraps and grains to make a type of stew or porridge that could be eaten for any meal. A cook in a royal household would spend a very long time preparing food that was meant to show off one's wealth to dinner guests with a lavish meal that stretched out through several courses and could include fancy meat pies, spiced wine, and elaborate desserts. the wealthy people didn't care what the peasents or anyone felt they just wanted their wonderful meal.

Answer 2

Bread was made pretty much the same way it is today, so the time it took to make was pretty much the same. The one difference would be how. They used the fireplace for all cooking so the bread would have been baked in the ashes. One of the main uses for bread was as a trencher. A trencher is a bread "plate" for food. It is a thick slab of bread that people used to eat off of. Another form of trencher was a wooden one, but these were not cleaned well and eventually would have mold and worms on them. The food in this time wasn't very good and I imagine the bread wasn't too good either, so it probably made a pretty good trencher. Things like Sandwiches don't show up until the 1700's.

Answer 3

the amount of time it takes to cook a particular piece of food is a constant. For example, it took 2 mins to boil an egg in 1053 AD and it takes 2mins to boil an egg in 2011.