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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by MisterOctober on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @10:11AM (#19095631)
My kid is really into knights and castles and stuff, so last year we had a 'knight party' where we served [as much as practical] medieval European dishes. It was a blast!

Some of the most helpful books we used in planning were :

"A Medieval Feast" by Aliki [picture book]

"A Medieval Home Companion" by Tania Bayard

One thing that I really liked was the heavy use of herbs for flavoring. Also, the use of flatbread 'trenchers' as plates is sensible; I guess it's kind of like an ancestor to the sandwich.

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by joshvm on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:38PM (#19099640)
I recommend this channel (Townsends), lots of medieval and olde worlde cooking, usually based on actual recipes

https://m.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by Symbiote on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:47PM (#19097575)
There are a few mediaeval restaurants.

Kapitelhusgården in Visby, Gotland, Sweden is one example.

Linking to TripAdvisor for the photos: https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g189807-...

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by MisterOctober on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:22PM (#19101719)
Gotland! The land of Beowulf! Fantastic.
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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by arthurcolle on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:43PM (#19098236)
Does trenchers in this context mean that its a 'slice' of bread, from the French, une tranche?
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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by robin_reala on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:59PM (#19099210)
Yes, according to wiktionary at least:

From Anglo-Norman trenchour, from Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”).

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by arthurcolle on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:52PM (#19118556)
nice

i knew it

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by relham on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:04PM (#19097761)
Not exactly medieval perhaps, but I think you will enjoy this episode of Planet Money on cooking a Peacock - the traditional way: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/01/461504972/epis...
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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by JadeNB on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:04PM (#19099930)
Modern History TV has an episode on this, in case it's useful for future reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w&list=PLEdnpoTDGX... .
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