Food during the Middle Ages

With information from this link, answer the following questions in the blog. 1. List at leasts 2 ways that travel (in particular, the Crusades) change meal time during the Middle Ages. 2. Who would eat rye bread? 3. Assuming that you have enough food to feed yourself properly during the middle ages, would extra money lead you to have a healthier diet? Explain. 4. Many of our foods were developed as a result of preservation practices during the Middle Ages. In the days before fridges and canning, foods were prepared in various ways so that they would last longer. These various methods of preparation gave the foods a distinctive taste. Read the article here and list at least 5 foods that you have had that would have been subjected to a Middle Ages preservation technique. Some more information can be found here 5. A ploughman is a field worker from the Middle Ages and a ploughman's lunch is a common menu item today. What would you get if you ordered this? 6. What were some main differences between the meals of the upper class and the lower class?

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