Would a medieval peasant have access to that much meat?
Yes, they had chickens back then.
“The tall, skinny ones are confused, Brother…”
Doubtful, most common meal for peasants would have been a sort of stew of vegetables and oats called pottage.
A whole chicken would have been prohibitively expensive either to purchase or in lost money from sale at market, same for pork or beef.
Fish though would be plentiful and cheap and a valuable source of protein. Oysters were considered peasant food until pretty much the 20th century.
Wheat bread similarly would have been a rare luxury, especially made from refined white flour, rye and buckwheat, roughly ground would be far more common.
I read this comment in Max Miller’s voice and it definitely enhanced it
I read it through his blue, blue eyes
And greasy forehead.
Oysters until even the late 20th century, yes?
Oysters were so common that they were incredibly cheap, but they were not considered peasant food. They were enjoyed among the different classes.
Lobster also used to be a peasant food (“cockroach of the sea”)
They’d have access, but you’re not wrong, a peasant probably isn’t going to waste that much on a single meal.
Depends on time and place, of course. Peasants in the late medieval period in England ate more meat than we do today (about 40% of their calories).
A roasted bird? Why not? Y’all are making assumptions that this is a chicken and the peasant a small farmer but why not a traveling mime trapping pigeons from the square?
You ever seen a pigeon?
Not without feathers but a bird is a bird
Even in the 1960s eating a whole chicken would have been a luxury, this isn’t peasant food, that’s the gout inducing diet of a king
I doubt anyone today eats a whole chicken for lunch.
I used to work at Boston Market, and there were definitely customers that would order a whole chicken just for themselves and eat it. Not every day or anything, but it wasn’t rare enough to raise eyebrows either.
Skyrim ass meal. need a wheel of cheese with it.
Try a ploughmans meal - bread, cheese and pickle. Awesome as a lunch.
Btw, that “ploughman’s lunch” was created in the 1960s by british marketing executives. It has nothing to do with medieval times, it’s just meant to evoque that vague feeling.
The branding of ploughman’s lunch was invented in the 60s but that same Wikipedia page states it had been a common meal for rural labourers for centuries.
The pickle is probably the new aspect. Farm workers have obviously been eating cheese, bread, pasties, cold meats etc. since forever.
Fermenting veggies has been around a long time too. It might not have been a pickled cucumber, but something pickled wouldn’t be unheard of.
Thank you for this info. I wouldn’t have thought to look into such a thing. It reads to me like it was created by marketers, though, not politicians. It says “the Cheese Bureau, a marketing body affiliated with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency” created it in the '50s.
You’re right, I misremembered the article. Corrected, thanks!
Is that a pickle or some pickle?
Neither. It’s just pickle.
Tangy pickle yes. Branston, piccalilli. Or pickled onions, relish, or somesuch.
And a wineskin full of barley water, chilled in the stream
Nah, just a pint of beer
Soft white bread? Nobody but rich upper class people could afford soft white bread until well past the industrial revolution.
That’s also a pretty large roasted bird that’s being eaten in complete absence of stew.
Roast chicken on a nice crusty sourdough is amazing. Get some butter or gravy in there it’s a hell of a meal
A medieval peasant on a celebration day. I doubt they could eat a whole as chicken every day
Depends on which era honestly. The medieval period lasted for nearly a thousand years and could vary about as much as one would expect, so for example a very well off peasant during the high medieval period maybe could have eaten a whole ass chicken for a while at least. Probably wouldn’t have though, at least not without turning it into soup or a sandwich equivalent.
I understand if any more words come pouring out of your cunt mouth, I’m going to have to eat every last chicken in this room.
Yeah communally like a couple times a year if lucky and most likely spent hens or cockrels not this monstrosity of a broiler meat bred bird.
Cornish game hen… maybe a quail.
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The roast chicken is usually not an egg creating machine though.
They are fairly young male chickens, that have been raised just past their maximum growth rates.I guess that wouldn’t have been that much different in medieval times. The difference nowadays is, that we have specialized breeds for egg-laying or meat production vice versa and the respective ‘wrong’ sex of each will just be ‘discarded’ right after hatching.
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Oh damn, that’s a fucking feast! Peasents can’t afford that shit.
He stole the chicken and bread, calm down Mr medieval economy
All Javerts are bastards.
You’re eating like Final Fight.
(Hits a trashcan)
Roasted chicken.
(Hits some tires)
Bread.
100% health let’s go!!!Needs more golden carrot
Oh look, a lead pipe!
Just don’t drink out of it and you’ll be okay.
Haggard:
Oh yes I’m tournament viable now!
More like a medieval king.
A medieval peasant would be wishing they could est like this.
If by “peasant” you mean “knight of the fucking round table” then yes
A lazy supermarket special - a roast chicken in a bag and a baguette roll picked up on the way to the checkout. We’ve all been there and I’m sure it makes a passable meal, but cooking is a skill everyone should endeavour to be proficient in.
Yeah but lets face it, a supermarket rotisserie chicken is generally cheaper and better than a chicken roasted at home. I dont understand the economic of it, but its true. I have up roasting chicken at home because its just never as succulent
$5 at Costco babyyyyyy
I’ve had good results with spatchcocking, which as a bonus also cuts the cook time in half.
The bachelor’s handbag.
The person for sure needs to learn how to cook
They definitely bought that at a store in a bag. They are delicious.
A few things to unpack here.
- That chicken is roasted nicely, but I completely understand if that was bought in that condition at the grocer’s.
- Plain bread is a travesty. it needs to be either toasted and/or you need some melted butter or gravy to sop up.
- Pair this with some fruit or pan seared/roasted vegetables. Even microwaved beans would make this nutritious. Takes very little effort, very easy to do.
- Even peasants had access to beer, ale, or home-made short-beer/kvass. Gotta calorie-max so you can work in the field tomorrow. Plus, the alcohol helps with the constant muscle-aches and fatigue from endless labor.
There are innumerable ways to elevate this meal, but I’ll keep this comment short. Anyone, feel free to message me or reply here if you want tips for that.
