medieval foods and feasts. january mending and making tools, repairing fencesshowers february...
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January
mending and making tools, repairing fences showers
February
carting manure and marl showers
March
ploughing and spreading manure dry, no severe frosts
April
spring sowing of seeds, harrowing showers and sunshine
May
digging ditches, first ploughing of fallow fields showers and sunshine
June
hay making, second ploughing of fallow field, sheep-shearing dry weather
Month Work that needed to be done Weather the farmer wanted
August Harvesting warm, dry weather
September
threshing, ploughing and pruning fruit trees showers
October
Last ploughing of the year dry, no severe frosts
November
collecting acorns for pigs showers and sunshine
December
Mending and making tools, killing animals showers and sunshine
Month Work that needed to be done Weather the farmer wanted
July
hay making, sheep-shearing, weeding of crops dry early, showers later
Weeding Garden 1,960 Calories in 8 hr
Standing - moderate/heavy work 1,742 Calories in 8 hr
Hauling - water (e.g., on farm) 1,960 Calories in 8 hr
Cultivating Garden 1,470 Calories in 6 hr
Chopping Wood - occupation, fast 5,552 Calories in 6 hr
Farming - animal care, general 2,613 Calories in 8 hr
Sawing - hardwood, by hand (carpentry) 3,266 Calories in 8 hr
Forking Bales of Hay 3,484 Calories in 8 hr
Farming - shearing sheep 2,613 Calories in 8 hr
Farming - chasing livestock, walking 1,524 Calories in 8 hr
Digging - ditches 3,701 Calories in 8 hr
Chopping Wood - occupation, fast 7,403 Calories in 8 hr
Breakfast dark bread (probably made of rye)
ale to drink.
Dinner
ploughman's lunch" eaten in the fields
dark bread and cheesemaybe some meat
flask of ale to drink.
Supper
vegetable pottage with luck some meat or fish
Bread
ale
Breakfast
white bread; three meat dishes; three fish dishes
wine or ale to drink.
Dinner
three courses but each course might have between four to six courses in it!
meat and fish wine and ale
It is likely that only small parts from each dish were eaten with the rest meant to be thrown away - though the lord's kitchen workers and servants might be able to help
themselves if the lord was not looking!
Supper
very similar to the dinner but with slightly more unusual dishes such as
pigeon pie, woodcock (bird) Sturgeon (fish) Wine and ale
white bread; three meat dishes; three fish dishes
wine or ale to drink.
three courses but each course might have between four to six courses in it!
meat and fish wine and ale
It is likely that only small parts from each dish were eaten with the rest meant to be thrown away -
though the lord's kitchen workers and servants might be able to help themselves if the lord was not
looking!
very similar to the dinner but with slightly more unusual dishes such as
pigeon pie, woodcock (bird) Sturgeon (fish) Wine and ale