Michael Romaine Jay Seo Anglo-Saxon Food Michael Romaine Jay Seo Milan Torres Ryan Dunkle Shaun Hess Zach Lowery Demetrius Harvey

Introduction Anglo-Saxons usually had big feasts in halls. Anglo-Saxons cooked their food over the fire in the middle of their houses. The wealthy ate in mead halls and had feasts, and also drank wine imported in the east

General Information Anglo Saxons ate what they grew or found in the wild The Anglo-Saxons liked to eat and drink Pigs were important in the Anglo-Saxon life Most Anglo-Saxon were vegeterians They caught fish in the rivers and in the seas They ate a variety of animals

Fruits Most fruits we have today were not found in Anglo-Saxon life Only fruit that was seasonal or wild was eaten Fruits of the New World weren't known to well in the Anglo-Saxon world

Vegetables Vegetables grown included wheat, rye, oats, and barley Other vegetables grown such as carrots, parsnips, and cabbage did not look like they did today

Cooking The meals mostly consisted on stews They used clay ovens to cook bread in Used water mill to ground flour at home used a hand quern Used seasonal cooking Honey was only sweetener Used wooden or clay bowls

Methods of Cooking Fried in a frying pan or griddle Baked in a clay or turf oven Roasting Boiling in a cauldron Baked over a fire

Fish Fish were hunted out of the river and ocean There was a variety of fish eaten Used nets and baskets to catch the fish Threw the un-clean fish out and kept clean fish to sell and eat Fish was often preserved There was a variety of ways they preserved the fish

Meat The Anglo-Saxon mostly ate pigs for meat. Other animals that had meat could be used for something else. Cows produced the most meat. Sheep and goats accounted for 50% of the livestock. Hens provided eggs which were eaten along with their meat.

Drinks Used barley to make a very weak beer Beer was drunk instead of water from the river because of pollution Wine was brought from the Mediterranean but only for the wealthy Mead (alcoholic drink) - made from honey, mainly made for special occasions

Sources http://www.regia.org/food.htm http://www.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/saxons/food.htm http://www.anglo-saxon.net/food/main.php http://www.uepengland.com/bbs/index.php/topic/1277 0-anglo-saxon-food-and-drink/ http://www.marga.org/food/int/anglosaxon/