More of What We Eat

Here are some lists of period foods for your dinner table:

Turnips

Vegetables available in Europe

Garlic	Asparagus	Peas	Spinach
Eggplant	Onions	Cabbage	Carrots
Mustard	Leeks	Lettuce	Endive
Lentils	Celery	Parsnips	Beets
Broadbeans	Turnips	Radishes	Artichokes
Parsley etc.

Fruits and Nuts available in Europe

Apples Plums Quinces Sloes

Currants Lemons Oranges Dates

Apricots Melons Sesame Wardons

Almonds Strawberries Limes Grapes

Prunes Gooseberries Figs Olives

Mulberries Pomegranates Cherries Raisins

Hazelnuts

A Deer

Meat and Fowl available in Europe

Domestic animals: beef, veal, pork, chicken, duck, rabbit, goat. Also swan, peacock, goose, pigeon, doves. Swans were fairly common in the Thames, and not especially an upper class item.

Wild animals: Deer, boar, rabbit (or coney), quail, bustard, curlew, plover, cormorant, badger, hedgehog, heron, crane, pheasant, woodcock, partridge, etc.

Fish: Eels, pike, perch, trout, sturgeon, cod, haddock, ling, conger, plaice, roche, carp, salmon, porpoise, etc.

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MaggiRos
27 March 2008 mps