[Sca-cooks] Interesting medieval food article

[Finne Boonen]

I would like to see some background on that one as well, imho salt
being xtremly expensive is earlier the middle ages. But I don't have
info on it either ;(

Finne

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:54:52 -0400, Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
<jenne at fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
> > > Yes, it was. At least for peasants, and for noblemen, too, I suppose, if
> > > there wasn't a feast going on. Spices were way expensive. OK, you can always
> > > season with herbs. But if salt is equal in price with gold, everyday-food
> > > will be bland (at least to modern palates).
> >
> > Mustard.  Garlic.  Horseradish.  Verjus/vinegar.  And, as you mention, herbs.
> 
> Note that a household consisting SOLELY of 2 priests and their servants
> got through TWO POUNDS of pepper in one year, according to C. Anne
> Wilson.
> 
> I'm not sure who came up with the idea that Salt was equal in price to
> gold; I'd like to see a citation for that...
> 
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