Medieval English Dinner

Medieval english dinner

Gasanov Emil class 7

Dvoinova Polina class 7

Nits Valeria class 7

Potochkin Ilya class 7

Teacher Biruykova Inara

Lyceum 86 Yaroslavl

Aim:

To cook a typical medieval English dinner

steps

• To study information about medieval cuisine
• To find out what products were easily available for common people
• To consult with history teacher on eating habits of those times
• To find recipes
• To consult technology teacher about the cooking procedure
• To buy necessary products
• To cook dinner
• To make photo report

Peasant’s dinner

LORD’S DINNER

pottage

Ingredients:

• turnips

• cabbage

• garlic

• cabbage

basil

• carrots

marjoram

• celery

• green beans

parsley

rosemary

• leeks

• onions

sage

thyme

• parsnips

• sorrel

add herbs

salmon

So, this is our dinner 1

Stewed beef

• 2 lbs. bonelees beef
• 1/2 cup bread crambs
• 1/4 cup oil or butter
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Cloves
• 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. mace
• 1 tsp. salt

Champ beef into pieces

Roll chunks of meet in bread crumbs

So, this is dinner 2

conclusion

• Found information about peculiarities of eating habits in medieval England.
• Cooperated with history and technology teachers.
• Learned a lot of new English vocabulary.
• Found out that measures of weight were completely different.
• We really enjoyed our practical part.

references

• Black, Maggie. A taste of history: 10,000 years of food in Britain. London, English Heritage, 1994. Menell, Stephen. All Manner of Food. Oxford, Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1985. Scully, Terence. The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1995
• Matterer, James L. How to Cook Medieval. Online. Accessed May 28th 2001. www.godecookery.com/how2cook/how2cook.htm Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1974. Online. Accessed May 28th 2001. http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales14.htm