 | Food and Table Manners: Instead of chairs, people of lower status sat on benches, and only the very superior had chairs. Commoners had bowls, spoons, and their own already filthy fingers.
Salt and meat were rare in common villages, and the middle classes ate mostly grains and vegetables, but noblemen ate sweets and meats. As chocolate and vanilla were rare, desserts were often flavored with almonds, and meat with fruits.
After a short breakfast came “dinner”, and then supper.
Here are some recipes:
SHEPHERD'S PIE
1 pound lean ground beef, lamb, cooked lamb roast or beef
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 shallots, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt (more or less to your taste)
1 teaspoon ground black pepper (more or less to your taste)
1 cup beef or chicken broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1 cup green peas, frozen are better than canned
TOPPINGS
1 quart mashed |
