Food (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Pottage
Pottage
Thick soup made from boiled peas/beans
Peasant bread ingredient
Peasant bread ingredient
Coarse rye flour
Why peasants rarely ate meat
Why peasants rarely ate meat
Animals too valuable alive (milk, eggs)
Peasant beverages (not water)
Peasant beverages (not water)
Milk or weak beer
Ergotism cause
Ergotism cause
Fungus on damp rye grain
Ergotism symptoms
Ergotism symptoms
Painful pustules & hallucinations
Trenchers
Trenchers
Thick dry bread crusts used as edible plates
Birds wealthy Normans ate
Birds wealthy Normans ate
Woodcock, lark, blackbird, swan, peacock
Wealthy import from France
Wealthy import from France
Fine wine
Peasant meat preservation method
Peasant meat preservation method
Smoking (salt too expensive)
Wealthy bread type
Wealthy bread type
White bread from refined wheat flour
Wealthy view on dairy
Wealthy view on dairy
Food only suitable for the poor
Purpose of spices for wealthy
Purpose of spices for wealthy
Add flavour & mask spoilage taste