What did poor people eat in medieval times?!
What did poor people eat in medieval times?
Was it as fresh? Meat? Dessert? Fruit? Recipes?
Answers:
Bread, boiled vegetables, other grains like barley and oatmeal, and beer. Maybe a little bit of salt meat or salt fish, or if they lived on the coast maybe some fresh seafood. Sugar, spices, and tea were imported and therefore very expensive and only available to the rich. Fruits may have been available seasonally. If they had a farm they may have been able to eat fresh chicken eggs and milk products like cheese.
A lot of our modern produce (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, corn, potatoes, etc) is from the New World and therefore the Old World didn't have it until after trade was established well after Medieval times.