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Medieval cuisine Middle Ages food for poor people revolved around barley. Barley bread, porridge, gruel and pasta, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Grain provided 65-70% of calories in the early 14th century. Middle ages food for rich people included wheat and meat. Both of these items were expensive and prestigious. Wild game was common, as was pork and chicken. Beef, which required lots of land, wasn’t very big yet. Vegetables were considered peasant food. So along with their grains, peasants ate cabbage, beets, onions, garlic and carrots.
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Food of the Renaissance The average person during the Renaissance was a peasant. Peasants would eat soup or mush for food for just about every meal. They would also generally have some black bread. The soup would have been made of scraps of food, usually vegetables such as carrots or sometimes eggs. Mush was made from some kind of grain like oats or wheat and then cooked in water.
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- Rich Tudors ate vast amounts of meat. However they rarely ate vegetables. Rich people were not necessarily well fed because they ate too few vegetables. Poor people ate plenty of vegetables because they had no choice! Vegetables were cheap but meat was a luxury. Tudor vegetables included cabbages, onions, cauliflower, cucumbers, leeks, lettuce, spinach and turnips.
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Ancient Indian Food Food in ancient India was cultivated in the fertile river valleys. Rice was their staple food that was eaten with cooked lentils, vegetables and meat. Wheat was used to make flat breads known as Chapatti.The food habits of nearby countries also affected the food in ancient India.arly Indians ate food that was easily available from nature. Fruits, wild berries, meat, fish, etc. were the main food items of the nomadic dwellers. With the advent of civilization, people settled and started to do farming. This led to the discovery of food crops, pulses, etc.
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Food of the Renaissance During the renaissance, the food you ate all depended on where you lived and how wealthy you were. Wealthy people. The wealthy people during the Renaissance ate much better than the peasants. Like the Greeks and the Romans they studied and enjoyed having huge feasts with lots of fancy dishes.
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- While the slaves were provided with certain foodstuffs by the master, they raised their own subsistence crops of vegetables, plantains and root crops on small garden plots that the master allowed them to use. However, they could only do their personal farming on Sundays when they had no work on the plantation.
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- The Egyptians ate many different things. They also ate well. Even the poorest people ate a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables. The rich ate meat of many kinds, mostly cows and sheep.he Egyptians ate many different things. They also ate well. Even the poorest people ate a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables. The rich ate meat of many kinds, mostly cows and sheep.
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What Did The Ancient Egyptians Eat? What did the Ancient Egyptians eat and drink? Egyptians eat beef, bread, beans, onions, and green vegetables. They also eat pigeons, cranes, teal, geese, and duck while popular fruits eaten in Egypt include dates, grapes, pomegranates, peaches and watermelons. Some foods ancient Egyptians consumed are eaten even today. As the flood waters receded. they left behind a rich, fertile, dark soil. The Ancient Egyptian Loved garlic. they also ate green vegetables, lentils, figs, dates, onions, fish, birds, eggs, cheese, and butter. their staple foods were bread and beer.
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- Food. Peasants generally lived off the land. Their diet basically consisted of bread, porridge, vegetables and some meat. The main crops were corn, wheat and beans. Near their homes, peasants had little gardens that contained lettuce, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, beets and other vegetables.or peasants, life was hard. They worked long hours every day just to ensure that their family had a roof over their head and food to eat. If your parents were peasants, you probably would be a peasant as well.
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- They ate chicken, beef, lamb and mutton, deer, rabbit, squirrel, grains such as wheat and barley, and other game animals. In medieval times, Europe did not have turkey, potato … es, or tomatoes, among other foods that were introduced after the Europeans discovered America.oor people ate a lot of porridge, which could be made of such grains as oats, rye, or barley, or peas. They ate eggs for protein, as eggs were less expensive than meats. They … ate cabbage, and other local greens. They used bones to produce stock for soups, and they flavored food with onions, garlic, mustard.
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Eating Like an Ancient Greek Dinner was when most of the foods were consumed. The ancient Greeks would eat eggs from quail and hens, fish, legumes, olives, cheeses, breads, figs and any vegetables they could grow. They might include arugula, asparagus, cabbage, carrots and cucumbers. Meat was reserved for the wealthy.
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How Food in Medieval Times Reveal a Vast Division of the Classes Did you know that the poor were allowed to eat only limited foods in medieval times, while the nobility had access to a larger variety? This article on food of the medieval times, explains all the differences in the kind of food available and consumed by different classes. Bread: The nobles were entitled to eating white bread made from white flour. 2  They also used these breads as plates to eat from. 3  These were known as trenchers. 4  Left over trenchers were given to the poor to eat. 5  Meat: The noble class chose from a variety of beef, chicken, venison (deer meat), fish, lamb, pork, and rabbit.
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The Lifestyle of Medieval Peasants The one thing the peasant had to do in Medieval England was to pay out money in taxes or rent. He had to pay rent for his land to his lord; he had to pay a tax to the church called a tithe. This was a tax on all of the farm produce he had produced in that year.A tithe was 10% of the value of what he had farmed.he Lifestyle of Medieval Peasants. The lifestyle of peasants in Medieval England was extremely hard and harsh. Many worked as farmers in fields owned by the lords and their lives were controlled by the farming year. Certain jobs had to be done at certain times of the year.
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- The result was that all foods were locally produced (except for expensive foreign imports) and it was generally fresh. The staple foods for most people of Europe of the Middle Ages were cereals, mainly rye, barley, oats, millet, and buckwheat. Wheat and rice were available, but were expensive. Much of the cereal was made into bread.
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Food and Drink in Medieval England Most people in Medieval England ate bread. People preferred white bread made from wheat flour. However, only the richer farmers and lords in villages were able to grow the wheat needed to make white bread.ost people in Medieval England ate bread. People preferred white bread made from wheat flour. However, only the richer farmers and lords in villages were able to grow the wheat needed to make white bread.
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- The peasants’ main food was a dark bread made out of rye grain. They ate a kind of stew called pottage made from the peas, beans and onions that they grew in their gardens. Their only sweet food was the berries, nuts and honey that they collected from the woods. Peasants did not eat much meat.Many kept a pig or two but could not often afford to kill one.he peasants’ main food was a dark bread made out of rye grain. They ate a kind of stew called pottage made from the peas, beans and onions that they grew in their gardens. Their only sweet food was the berries, nuts and honey that they collected from the woods. Peasants did not eat much meat.
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HISTORY 100 WORLD HISTORY SPRING 1998 The Incas of South America lived high in the Andes and their basic foodstuff was the potato. the potato does not deplete the soil as does grain, and modern potatoes will produce up to 25,000 pounds per acre of land.
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Ancient Greece The Greeks ate fairly simple foods. They ate a lot of bread that they would dip in wine or olive oil. They also ate a lot of vegetables such as cucumbers, beans, cabbage, onions, and garlic. Figs, grapes, and apples were common fruits. They used honey to sweeten their foods and make desserts such as honey cakes.
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United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War Prior to 2002, the Security Council had passed 16 resolutions on Iraq. In 2002, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441. In 2003, the governments of the US, Britain, and Spain proposed another resolution on Iraq, which they called the eighteenth resolution and others called the second resolution..rior to this decision, there had been much diplomacy and debate amongst the members of the United Nations Security Council over how to deal with the situation. This article examines the positions of these states as they changed during 2002-2003.
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A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Peasant Transcript of A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Peasant. Peasants, in Ancient Egypt, were the lowest class. They are made up the lowest level of the social structure or the social pyramid. Peasants could be were farmers, construction workers, or unskilled laborers.
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- The Egyptians also used the water from the Nile River to grow their crops. Ancient Egyptians ate fish, teal, duck, pigeons, beef, bread and ya. Fish was one of the main foods as well a beer and bread. The Egyptians had a lot of wheat and often sweetened it with honey.
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- Peasant farming describes small-scale farming for subsistence as well as for cash sale in the market. Initially, small famers in the British Caribbean produced crops for domestic use as well as for sale in the market. However, after 1860, these farmers began to export their crop.
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WHAT EGYPTIANS EAT The Egyptians also lived by a river called the Nile River. That helped them a lot because they could catch the fish, one of the main things they ate. The Egyptians also used the water from the Nile River to grow their crops. Ancient Egyptians ate fish, teal, duck, pigeons, beef, bread and ya.
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Roman Food Facts: What Did the Romans Eat? Bread was a staple part of the Roman diet. Three grades of bread were made, and only rich ate refined white bread. Pottage, a thick porridge-like stew, was made from millet or wheat. To this the Romans would add cooked meats, sauces and spices.
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The Inca Empire Inca Food. The Incas lived in the highlands and lowlands of what is now Peru. In the lowlands the staple food was maize. In the highlands the main food was potatoes. Incas also ate peppers, tomatoes and avocados. They also ate peanuts and a grain called quinoa. Llamas and alpacas were kept for wool and for carrying loads but they sometimes provided meat.
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- Pottage was often favored over bread, because it did not require the grains that the miller guarded closely. Onions, cabbage, garlic, nuts, berries, leeks, spinach, parsley were some of the foods that would combined to make thick soup.Raw vegetables were considered unhealthy and rarely eaten, but anything that could grown, with the exception of known poisonous plants, were added to the mix.edieval foods and diets depended much on the class of the individual. For those living in the manor house, there was a wide range of foods available. Fowl such as capons, geese, larks, and chickens were usually available to the lord and his family.
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- The houses that peasants lived in during the middle ages were called Cruck houses. This was because of the wooden frame (cruck) that they used to support the house.The cruck beams were shaped like this: The walls were made of wattle and daub.n the walls of the house the peasants would hang their tools and they would have very simple furniture such as a wooden table and stools. In the winter their animals would also sleep inside the houses so they would have been very dirty and smelly places to live.