From film and
the media as well as a great deal of written work we have a vision of the
Vikings as packs of big chaps given to feasting on large lumps of all sorts of
meats and fine foods, at the expense of others, of course.
Inevitably,
science married to archaeology and testing the remains of the Vikings, their
bones and teeth has spoiled it all. Reality, as ever, seems to be different.
What we may
have as their desirable and basic meals seems to be along the lines of cabbage
soup, gently poached haddock, or other fish, along with parsnips or such and a
lump of rye bread. Afters might well be a bowl of stewed oatmeal with a touch of
honey.
It might
explain a very different reason for all that raiding all over the place.
They were
looking for take away meals.
Plenty of fibre.
ReplyDeleteAfters might well be a bowl of stewed oatmeal with a touch of honey.
ReplyDeleteWondered why I started growing horns after buying the latest oatmeal.
looking for take away meals. Today's LOL. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine a large consistent supply of good meat is a fiction in most eras of most cultures, our modern culture being the vast exception.
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