Grubs Up - Food in Medieval Ireland

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2014

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Many of the foods you will eat on Christmas day were unknown to medieval Europeans. Turkey, cranberries and even potatoes only arrived in Europe after the conquest of the Americas began. This podcast looks at the world of medieval food to see at what was available . You will be surprised at the variety of food in medieval Ireland (if you had the money). This show also looks at the strange, lethal and somewhat scary world of takeaway food in medieval Ireland.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and this is Finde where you're
0:28.0	Hello and welcome to the Irish history podcast.
0:30.0	My name is Finn dewir and this is Grubs Up, a brief history of food in medieval Ireland.
0:37.0	I'm sure you can hear I have a cold so apologies in advance for my nasally voice. As Christmas approaches, this
0:45.6	podcast takes you into the world of medieval food to see what might have been
0:49.9	served up for both rich and poor.
0:53.2	Before we get into this, I want to say a massive thank you to all of you who funded my upcoming
0:58.1	book 1348 a medieval apocalypse, The Black death in Ireland.
1:03.2	The crowdfunding campaign, which ended last week, was a massive success.
1:08.3	I had aimed to get about 4,000 euros, but in the end the campaign brought in over 6,500 euros.
1:16.0	Thank you very much for your support. It means a lot and ensures lots of new exclusive material is on the way in 2015. I will be in touch in the coming weeks
1:26.7	with all of you who funded the book about rewards. Thanks again, I really appreciate your
1:32.0	support.
1:35.0	Sometimes it's hard to grasp just how much the world has changed in the last few centuries.
1:43.6	And this is certainly the case when it comes to food.
1:46.3	When we sit down to dinner on Christmas Day, many of the components of that dinner we
1:50.7	will eat were completely unknown to our medieval ancestors.
1:54.0	Turkey and cranberry sauce only arrived in Europe after the conquest of the Americas
2:00.0	following Christopher Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic in 1492.
2:04.4	Indeed it was only after this as well that the Paedo arrived in Ireland.
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