1. Middle ages foods & festivals
By:Kiya M., Abby W., and Ben L.

2. Difference between foods for the rich and poor
Vegetables were always limited for the upper class.
Only the rich were aloud to hunt for there own meat.
The daily meals for the upper classes during the middle ages had a huge variety of foods.
Food items that came from the ground were only fit for the poor.
Usually the poor had a diet of bread, pottage, dairy products, and meat such as beef, pork, and lamb.
The poor ate rye and barley bread.

3. The schedule of the daily foods
Breakfast-generally started between 6am-7am
Dinner (lunch)-generally started between 12am-2pm
Supper-generally started between 6pm-7pm & accompanied by various forms of entertainment

4. Spices and Ingredients
The nobility could afford the expensive spices & sweets to create there recipes.
Most of there ingredients were home grown.
The nobility required a taste for spices & sweet foods.

5. The examples of the middle ages foods.
Cheese-poor and rich
Wine-rich
Pork -rich
Roast beef-rich
Salt-poor
Lamb chops-rich

6. Middle age Festivals
They had festivals on Christmas, Easter, may day, and at the end of there harvesting.
their festivals were outdoor gatherings.
One game that they play at there festivals was jousting.

7. Things they did at the festivals
Feast
Jousting
Mystery plays
Fairs
Games
Sports
hunting

8. Sports they played at the festivals
Archery
Bowls
Clof (golf)
Gameball (football)
Hammer
Hurling
Horse shoes
Quarter
Skittles
Wrestling
stoolball

9. What they Celebrated at the Festivals
holidays

10. Review Questions
What are two examples of foods they ate and who were they for?
What are two examples of sports?
What are three holidays did they celebrate that we still celebrate?
When did breakfast start? Dinner? Supper?
What is one difference between the rich and the poor's food?

11. Answers
Cheese –rich and poor, wine-rich, roast beef-rich, pork-rich, salt-poor, lamp chops-rich.
jousting, clof, archery, bowls, gameball, hammer, hurling, horse shoes, quarter, skittles, wrestling, stoolball.
May day, Christmas, and Easter.
Breakfast:6am-7am, dinner (lunch):12 am-2pm, supper:6pm-7pm.
Poor had vegetables and rich had meat (etc.)

12. Web Pages www.middle-ages.org.uk