Food+and+Language

KEITH SHIPLEY, ROBBIE, MIKE & Sherson

Essential Questions: What did the diet of an average person in the Medieval period consist of? How was food stored and prepared? What languages were spoken? Was there a difference between everyday language and that language heard in church?

=__**Middle Age Food**__=

The Food that was Served in the Middle Ages was stuff like Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, and so on. Not much Different then today. But the way it was served is different, like the only way they served fruit was in pie or they was Preserved in honey. Vegetables And the fresh fruit was eaten by the poor The vegetables would normally be served in stew soups or Pottage.Vegetable that are grown from the ground was considered only good enough to feed the poor. While on the other hand, the rich people or nobles would be served the stuff that they thought was the "Better" food. such as rape, onions, garlic and leeks. Dairy products was also considered food for the poor. Nobles would use it them but not as much as the poor. People don't know very much about the food or nutrition of the time period but, the diet or the rich nobles lacked Vitamin C, and Fiber. This led to alot of health problems including bad teeth, skin diseases, scurvy and rickets. The Lower class diet was mostly home grown food.

__Different Foods Primarily For Rich Nobles__

 * Manchet bread
 * A vast variety of meats and game including venison, beef, pork, goat, lamb, rabbit, hare, mutton, swans, herons and poultry
 * Fish - fresh and salt water fish. The range of fish included herring, salmon, eel, whiting, plaice, cod, trout and pike
 * Spices
 * Fruits
 * Cheese
 * Shell fish included crab, oysters, mussels and cockles
 * Limited number of vegetables

=__**Different Foods Primarily For Lower Class/Poor People**__=
 * Rye or barley bread bread
 * Meat such as beef, pork or lamb
 * Dairy products such as milk and cheese products
 * Pottage ( a type of stew)
 * Honey
 * Home grown vegetables and herbs
 * Fish - if they had access to freshwater rivers or the sea
 * Nuts
 * Fruit from local trees or bushes

=language of the middle ages= ====in the middle ages in the southern part of england the main language that was spoken was angelo-saxon. there language kind of sounds like ours but it looks nothing like english when it was put on paper. in medival times most people do not read or write. that is why people cant read it but it is easier for them to hear or say it.====