Foods for the Noblemen
Description: Medieval Life Food
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Food of the Renaissance
Foods for the Noblemen Description: Medieval Life Food Image copyright: www.historyonthenet.com |
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| The daily meals for the Upper Classes during the Middle Ages provided a huge variety of different types of food. Vegetables were limited for the Upper Classes. Food items which came from the ground were only considered fit for the poor. Only Lords and Nobles were allowed to hunt deer, boar, and rabbits and these foods were therefore used in the daily meals of the nobility. Only vegetables such as rape, onions, garlic and leeks graced a Noble's table. A type of bread called Manchet, which was a bread loaf made of wheat flour, was consumed by the Upper classes. Food was highly spiced. These expensive spices consumed by the wealthy included Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Ginger, Saffron, Cardamon, Coriander, Cumin, Garlic, Turmeric, Mace, Anise, Caraway and Mustard. | |