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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Sources http://www.regia.org/food.htm
junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/saxons/food.htm
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