Medieval Food & Feasts

Description

What people ate in medieval times: bread and pottage for ordinary people, grand feasts for the rich; no forks, eating with hands; the great hall as the centre of castle life

Mastery Evidence

• ✓ Describe what ordinary people ate most days (bread, pottage, vegetables, ale)
• ✓ Explain how a feast in a great hall was different from everyday meals
• ✓ Name one surprising table manner from medieval times (no forks, shared cups, food thrown on the floor)