[Sca-cooks] some questions from cooks guild

[Hrolf Douglasson]

>
> Did men and women usually eat together?  Same meal? Same time?  Same
> table?
In norman times yes , providing that they were all of the sameish rank.
Viking women did eat at the same time
>
> Did children eat at the table with adults?  (The first picture that I
> can find of children at the table is a family scene from the Tudor
> period - the Thomas Cromwell family, I think.)
 Depends on the circumstances.....for family meals yes for banquets no
> Did people usually sit on both sides of the table or on only one side?
> Was this related to rank?  Was depicting people on only one side of the
> table an artistic convention?
> One side only....normally the inside of the table was for seving
> Was there REALLY a "below" and "above" the salt?  This is a persistent
> belief - but was it real?  Anyone have documentation?
> Yes lots of documentation especially about lifting above the salt
Start with chaucer
VARA
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