What Food Did Medieval People Eat?

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In times of plenty, we stuff ourselves. When the food runs out, we're basically stuffed. How did people in medieval Britain share the riches from our fields, dairies, kitchens and seas?

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis is joined by acclaimed food historian Pen Vogler, whose latest book Stuffed: A History of Good Food in Hard Times in Britain, places food at the centre of society, of upheavals and of the development of a nation.

This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:49.1	Go. UK. Welcome to this episode of God Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis. I rarely need an excuse to
0:59.7	talk about food
1:05.0	about food.
1:06.0	and I'm joined by Pen Vogler, a food historian whose last book, Scof, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
1:09.0	Pen's new book, Stuffed, A History of Good Food in hard times in Britain is an exploration of our
1:15.3	relationship with food over the centuries. In good times we're stuffed with lovely
1:20.0	delightful food. In bad times we're just plain stuffed. Stuffed places food at the
1:25.0	center of society, of upheavals and of the development of a nation and
1:28.9	Penn is here to help us explore it more. Welcome to Gone Medieval Pen.
1:32.9	Thanks so much, Matt.
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