SC - SC-German food in period
jeffrey s heilveil
heilveil at students.uiuc.edu
Thu Jan 15 22:28:12 PST 1998
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Varju wrote:
> In a message dated 98-01-14 11:39:41 EST, you write:
>
> << So far we've seen no such trend in our German research. So, here's a
> puzzle...what would define medieval German food? >>
<snip>
> What might help is to consider that in period Germany was not a single state,
> it was many little states. (Yes, it was Germania to the Romans, but that was
> only while the Romans were there.) Food may have taken on specific defining
> characteristics for a specific region but not for Germany as a whole. I would
> say pick a region. . .Bavaria maybe. Or even one of the free cities, like
<snip>
Ah Bavaria. The only place in Germany where the drinking per capita is
increasing instead of decreasing. So I guess the typical food would be...
bier? :-)
Bogdan
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