[Sca-cooks] So, what did they eat in Viking times?

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Kind of depends on who you were:
 
 
"In the headless remains, the analyses uncovered diets of mostly fish,  
synonymous with poor individuals of the period. The other remains showed  
evidence of diets rich in meat and other land-based foods – foods generally  
associated with royalty of the time.  
The  findings suggest that people of rank ate more meat and other animals 
products  than the poor did. The differing diets reflected difference in 
social status and  different lives. Even in a small place like Flakstad, large 
variations in diet  were seen during the time of the Vikings. These 
variations were seen even within  the same household, with large variations seen 
between men and women, and adults  and children.'
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113021884/viking-diet-based-on-ancient
-headless-remains-120613/

 
Jim  Chevallier
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