Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 In a message dated 7/18/04 1:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, stephen@... writes: > A 13th century Cluniac friar's possible daily intake based on Ms 's > studies: Wow! I suppose this isn't the Lenten menu... -chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1261560,00.html A 13th century Cluniac friar's possible daily intake based on Ms 's studies: 11am-1pm Three eggs, boiled or fried in lard. Vegetable porridge with beans, leeks, carrots and other produce of monastery garden. Pork chops, bacon, and mutton. Capon, duck and goose with oranges. Half pound of bread, to use as sop. Peaches, strawberries and bilberries with egg flan. Four pints of small (watery) beer. 4-6pm Mutton gruel with garlic and onions. Posset of egg, milk and figs. Venison with rowanberries, figs, sloes, hazelnuts and apple. Stewed eels, herring, pike, dolphin, lamphreys, salmon, cod and trout. Half pound of bread as sop, sometimes soaked in dripping or lard. Syllabubs of fruit. Four pints of ale. Flagon of sack or other French, Spanish or Portuguese wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.