[Sca-cooks] Food in 1632? sorta OP/OT

[JAMES REVELLS]

Hej!
    I am on another list that is run by Baen Publishing.  The list is for
people who are submitting stories based on the SF books 1632 & 1633-basic
story a 20th Century West VA coal mining town slips back in time to Germany
in the years 1632.  The stories all revolve around the results of the people
interacting.  They are really interested in getting the history right & are
asking for critiques of the historic aspects as well as their writing.
Recently one of the writers wrote a very good story about food-but had the
German peasants complaining about how much meat the uptime hostess wasted on
each meal & that the food was too spicy (spaghetti & chili).  What I would
like to ask those of you with far more knowledge than my limited scope
(mainly because some one else posted a response about the old saw of spoiled
meat & spices) is for a list of meats, vegetables, beverages, grains, herbs
& spices with relative values if they are known that would be available to
either a noble or a peasant for the 1632 time frame.  Also permission to
post your responses to the list at Baen's Bar.
Thanks,
Olaf