2. What type of food did Europeans use to eat?

3. Did they eat very different things compared to present times?

5. Aproximately, it begins in 476 AD, and lasts until 1453 AD

8. And what did people use to eat in the Medieval Era?

11. Look at these pictures, and guess if you think these foods or drinks were consumed in the Middle Ages. Circle Y (yes) or N (no) on your paper

24. Well done! Now, compare your answers with your neighbour!

25. These foods were brought into Europe from America later

26. They were not eaten in the Middle Ages

27. However, these were essential for medieval people

29. Lamb

30. Pork (only Christians)

31. Poultry

32. Veal

34. Cinnamon

35. Cloves

36. Saffron

37. Ginger

38. Nutmeg

40. Mainly at lent time

41. They ate trout, sturgeons, eels,

42. sole fish, cod, etc.

43. Vegetables were eaten every day

44. These were brought by Arabs into Europe

45. Now, you write two sentences like these: Strawberries used to be eaten in the Middle Ages, but they didn't eat peppers at that time. Poor people ate a lot of bread, because they couldn't afford to buy meat.