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THE FOOD AND DRINK OF THE ANGLO SAXON PERIOD. Completed by: Anna Estigoy, Christina Arellano, Adalbert Wong, Kevin Truong, and karen enriquez. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Exotic foods were unknown: potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, pineapples Carrots were purplish, red, and small
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THE FOOD AND DRINK OF THE ANGLO SAXON PERIOD Completed by: Anna Estigoy, Christina Arellano, Adalbert Wong, Kevin Truong, and karen enriquez
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES • Exotic foods were unknown: potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, pineapples • Carrots were purplish, red, and small • Variety of cabbages • Onions and leeks cultivated as flavorings • Fruits such as: apples, plums, cherries, and sloes ( a plum-like fruit)
HERBS, SPICES AND FLAVORINGS • Native imported herbs, spices • Coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy • Sugar used as medicine • Honey used to make mead (a sweet alcoholic drink) • Barley used to make beer
BEER, WINE, AND JUICES • (Imported) wine was drunk • Fruit wines: home produced • Fruit juices: apple, pear, and plum • Herbal teas
A variety of fish were eaten: • brown trout • Herring • salmon • eel • pike • perch • Roach • flounder • whiting • plaice • cod FISH
MEAT • Sheep • Bulls • Goats • Pigs • Horse • cows • Hares • Hens • Ducks • Geese • Herons • Deer • Wild boar
METHODS OF COOKING • Frying in a frying pan or griddle • Baking in a clay or turf oven • Spit roasting • Boiled in a cauldron • Baked in the embers of a fire
BANQUETS AND FEASTS • Religious feasts • Ten or twelve courses/dishes • Alcoholic drinks were served • Used knives and spoons • Wooden plates • Wooden pottery cups or mugs
ANGLO SAXON RECIPES • Summer Fruit, Honey or Hazelnut crumble • ‘Fenkel in Soppes’ or Braised Fennel with Ginger • Lozenges or Curd Cheese Pastries • A Jellie of Fyshe • Hare, Rabbit, Veal, or Chicken Stew with Herbs and Barley • Small Bird and bacon Stew with Walnuts
Levick, Ben. "Regia Anglorum- Food and drink in Anglo Saxon England." Unpublished essay. 10 Sept. 2003 <http://www.regia.org/food.html>. • Johnson, Michelle Berriedale-. "Anglo Saxon Recipes." Margagita's International Recipes: Anglo Saxon. 10 Sept. 2003 <http://www.lacabe.com/marga/food/int/anglosaxon/index.html>. • Anglo Saxon Life. Dept. home page. 10 Sept. 2003 <http://chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/1001Duncan.html>. BIBLIOGRAPHY