[Sca-cooks] New PBS Show Warrior Challenge

[ED Reese]

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Salt Fish. Salt meat. Pickled same. Store mucho much better on ship, maybe?
Weren't the Vikings big protein eaters?

Esther

At 12:46 PM 4/27/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Well... raids, yes. But they didn't limit themselves to smash and grab
>raids. You've heard maybe of Dublin? The Danelaw? Norse settled there,
>as well as in Normandy, Sicily, and any place they could get a foot in
>the door.
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>Though if you'd asked the English of 1066, they'd probably have thought
>the army of Harold Hardrada, which they defeated the week before
>Hastings, was closer to the vikings than William was. That army was also
>planning to stay. Didn't... One of the great What If's of history - What
>if the English army had not just roundly defeated a much larger invading
>army, then force marched, wounded and all, across the nation to arrive
>in Hastings just barely in time to set up to meet William. They were
>exhausted, hungry, and limping. Amazing they were able to offer any real
>resistance at all.
>
>AEllin
>
>Terry Decker wrote:
>>There is a small difference between most Viking raids and William's British
>>Vacation.  William moved in to stay and was able to take the time to forage
>>and prepare the meal.  Most Viking raids were were smash and grab operations
>>that occurred in a few hours, leaving no time to prepare a hot meal on the
>>beach.
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>>The diet of the Roman Legions was heavy on dried legumes and grains as was
>>the diet of most North American explores.  Both supplemented with meat and
>>vegetables where possible.  Given the general capacities and intent of a
>>longship, I suspect the Vikings followed the same pattern.
>>
>>Bear
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