More of What We Eat

Here are some lists of period foods for your dinner table:

Turnips

Vegetables available in Europe

Garlic	Asparagus	Peas	Spinach
Eggplant	Onions	Cabbage	Carrots
Mustard	Leeks	Lettuce	Endive
Lentils	Celery	Parsnips	Beets
Broadbeans	Turnips	Radishes	Artichokes
Parsley etc.

Fruits and Nuts available in Europe

Apples	Plums	Quinces	Sloes
Currants	Lemons	Oranges	Dates
Apricots	Melons	Sesame	Wardons
Almonds	Strawberries	Limes	Grapes
Prunes	Gooseberries	Figs	Olives
Mulberries	Pomegranates	Cherries	Raisins
Hazelnuts

Meat and Fowl available in Europe

Domestic animals: beef, veal, pork, chicken, duck, rabbit, goat. Also swan, peacock, goose, pigeon, doves. Swans were fairly common in the Thames, and not especially an upper class item.

Wild animals: Deer, boar, rabbit (or coney), quail, bustard, curlew, plover, cormorant, badger, hedgehog, heron, crane, pheasant, woodcock, partridge, etc.

Fish: Eels, pike, perch, trout, sturgeon, cod, haddock, ling, conger, plaice, roche, carp, salmon, porpoise, etc.

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27 March 2008 mps