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Take it away, Kris! A medieval feast was a grand event. Feasts celebrated special events or honored guests visiting the castle. The food in itself was entertainment and often the castle cooks ...
My favorite medieval-ish reenactment ... and often these events include a “Feast” where the chefs attempt to recreate authentic medieval food. Which is the source of the goofy song you see ...
Meat-heavy banquets have long been thought to be a common feature of early medieval life for England’s kings and nobles, who are often depicted feasting on legs of animal flesh and knocking back ...
At the end of such a feast, each of them received a medal from the grand master with the inscription ‘Honour conquers all’. It must have impressed them. They were sitting in a hall that was considered ...
The popular image of early medieval rulers tearing through legs of mutton has evidentiary backing: Per a statement, 11 surviving food lists from the era describe feasts’ contents as modest ...
Early medieval diets were far more similar across social groups than previously thought. Peasants didn't give kings food as exploitative tax, they hosted feasts suggesting they were granted more ...
This is the Good Food Feast - a medieval banquet on a magnitude that's perhaps never been seen in Canberra before. Members of the Canberra branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism have spent ...
Medieval feasts were extravagant affairs, with plenty of food, drink, and entertainment. Though contrary to popular belief, most of these were not elitist events where nobles would gorge and ...
Giles Gasper, Rachael Matthews, Faith Wallis, Caroline Yeldham, Andy Hook and Dan Duggan are creating a cookbook based on the 12th century Durham sauces. This is to be published by Prospect Books ...