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Why did the medieval peasantry flavored their food in different ways to those used by the nobility?
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Spices were expensive and salt was so valuable that it was kept in a "salt cellar" or box. Only certain people were allowed any salt. That is where we get the saying "sitting below the salt" because only the people at the head table ( the rich) had any salt and everyone else who was "below the salt" was poor. The peasants ate basic foods and a lot of their diet was barley soup and bread. Wheat was also very expensive so only the very wealthy had any breads made with wheat. Just like today there are people who eat very expensive foods and there are people who don't. It all comes down to what you can afford.
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