medievan history

Question 1

Religion

Answer 1

• has big influence on diet
• Christian fasts are time centered, Friday is day for fish
  islamic are. kore about discipline and balance

Question 2

Basic principles

Answer 2

pork over all other meat
olive oil
spices
sauces
importance of color

Question 3

Status

Answer 3

there is different cuisine depending on what status you belong to
lower status: sugar and bread
food reflects status you belong to

Question 4

Rich people

Answer 4

sea food, meat, game
redressed peasant
banquets
lamprey- land
fresh food - it was cooked for them

Question 5

what meat was in every class

Answer 5

chicken and hearing

Question 6

Poor people

Answer 6

they actually had better diet because they ate less meat, more vegetables and they moved more
sugar and bread

Question 7

EMPHASIS OF COLOR

Answer 7

red, green, gold
wanted to make animals look alive
texture is admired: gelatin
gelatin - pigs legs and bones
gave silky texture
Redressed pheasant
animals were sculpted in sugar

Question 8

Medicine

Answer 8

connected with diet
certain beliefs about food shapes diet
pregnancy and diet

Question 9

Hunting

Answer 9

game and lamprey - indication of wealth and power
they could take certain area of land were only they could hunt
priests don’t like hunting but even they do it