Oatmeal with Fruit


Oatmeal and Fruit

In larger Anglo-Saxon households in the 10-11th Century, slaves, freemen, and the household members themselves would often get breakfast from the same cauldron of oatmeal. It was likely that households with cows would also serve fresh milk, and eggs when the chickens were laying. Of course, if milk or eggs were short supply, only the higher ranking members and guests would get the fresh high protein foods that morning. My sources indicate that fresh milk was one of the favorite drinks drunk in that period. Well run households should always have had some smoked cheese or sausage, or dried fish to keep up the energy of hard working laborers. 

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