What Did the Medieval Upper Classes ACTUALLY Eat?

We previously looked at the diet of a medieval peasant, so in todays episode we're going to explore the diet of the upper classes of the middle ages! What did the medieval upper classes actually eat?!

0:00 Introduction
2:17 Sugar & Spice
4:03 Banquets
7:36 The Royal Appetite

Narrated & Edited by: James Wade

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[swordnboard]

Me after eating an entire loaf of white bread for dinner: Maybe I am rich.

[JennyfaninSweden]

Can we start a petition to rename sugar “sweet salt”? Never heard that it was called that before!

[emzybenzey]

Could you do a video about medieval hobbies and what they did for fun?

[norwoodreaper]

Now we live in a time where a trip to the grocery store can surpass what the highest members of society had back then

[TRUEDJRI]

And a partridge in a pear tree… literally said it as you did 🤣

[cerberus]

Both in this video and the peasant one you have visuals of tomatoes. Tomatoes came from the New World and were unknown in medieval Europe. In this video you also say they ate squashes. That too would have been impossible as they came from the New World too, along with zucchini. The amount of new fruits, vegetables and domesticated animals that arrived in Europe during The Columbian Exchange is astonishing. And most Europeans are unaware of this now.

[deannaweir]

Love the light heartless you insert in every video with a joke or two . As always great content and quality . Hope your subscribers keep climbing .

[glitterxxheart]

Such an interesting channel. I love learning about everything they post.

[hherpdderp]

There is something amusing that in past times in Europe and Asia white bread and white rice respectively were status symbols.. and both nutritionally worse than their unrefined versions.

[SuperVlerik]

Very interesting. Would be even more so if you'd edited the images for authenticity. So many were just way off; mostly by several centuries and geography, but also by animal and plant species.

[teodorugabriel]

after torturing their opponents or witnessing a public execution, they normally went to a party where they fill themselves with food

[sophroniel]

I dont think you're quite right about the salt thing. High quality salt was expensive, yes, but people of ALL classes thought of it as a necessity. Much like how even poor people will buy gas for their car, despite the cost, they do so because of how important driving around is. Peasants would've had salt of a lesser quality, less refined of impurities etc, but they definitely and absolutely had salt.

[Voirreydirector]

Well done! I would have loved to hear your narration outtakes on this one.

[danljksn]

I'll bet the peasants cheated on fast days whenever possible - just to keep from starving to death.

[KFrost-fxdt]

I'll never understand why fish was not considered meat. What is a fish according to them? A vegetable?

[DTLVER]

How did they keep the Mediterranean fruits fresh if they had to travel so far??

[KingLexus]

Glad I live in 21st century, if they could have our foods today they minds are blown

[swamp]

If you think about it, just about every person during this time was struggling with some form of alcoholism

[Silveradost]

Great upload and lots of fun facts! I wouldn't eat like that even if I could afford it =-) Though I love the architecture and design of that time. I was actually having some Mc'D's while watching this lol. A shame they didn't have the SuperSize Me guy back then.

[phoebegraveyard]

I’m eating grainy homemade whole wheat bread and wild blue berries. I guess I’m peasant.