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7
Aug
Above: Samuel Pepys gives us many insights into what folk ate and drank in the 1660’s. If you were living in London around the time of the Great Fire on 1666 WHAT would you be eating and drinking? Today in the blog I look at this subject. Firstly the city of London – and elsewhere […]
Tags: 17th Century, food
13
Feb
For the Anglo Saxons the main meal of day was lunch time, whereas the evening meal more often broth (Briw) A specialist Cook would be usually be a man: in Old English the word for Cook is a male word. General methods of cooking Fuel: The cutting and gathering of wood was a summer occupation. […]
7
Feb
Milk, butter and cheese represented a significant part of the Anglo Saxon diet. They were also used as payments and dues: making up part of the Feorm handed over to a lord or King. Milk was frequently an ingredient in medicines as the basis for drinks, whilst butter was occasionally used to make oily poultices […]
Tags: Dark Age fiction, Dark Age fiction historical Northumbria saxons taliesen welsh, drink, food, historical, Northumbria, saxons, taliesen, welsh