What did PEASANTS EAT in medieval times?

Jason begins a journey through the social strata of the medieval age by taking a look at the kinds of food the knight might have experienced in his travels. He’s joined by food historian Chris Carr, who first demonstrates some of the dishes the knight might have eaten when staying at a humble roadside inn. #medieval #cooking #recipes

• Executive Producer: Jason Kingsley OBE
• Executive Producer: Chris Kingsley
• Senior Producer: Brian Jenkins
• Producer: Edward Linley
• Director: Dominic Read
• Presenter: Jason Kingsley OBE
• Subject Matter Expert: Chris Carr
• Camera: Jo Taylor
• Camera: Dominic Read
• Editing: Lindsey Studholme
• Stills Photographer: Kasumi
• Production Manager: Kevin Case
• Audio: Frank Newman
• Sound Design: Liam Flannigan
• Music licensed from PremiumBeat
• Additional Camera: Darren Cook
• Additional Camera: Neil Phillips
• Additional Sound: Elizabeth Carlyon

Special Thanks:

• Chris Payton
• Ed Savage

Twitter: @ModernHistoryTV

[SirStevanco]

A medieval peasant travels in time and comes to 2020, we invite him into a fancy restaurant and serve him salmon and brown bread, so the medieval peasant is like “Oh for f**k’s sake”

[ezra]

Nice to know my diet is worse than a medieval peasant.

[mrlokalist]

No clickbait, straight forward knowledge and facts about history, actually quiet entertaining and very interesting

Thank you for this channel

[boband]

Ive had salmon, brown bread and mushy peas with sorrel sauce on multiple occasions since seeing this video a year ago.

[gamerpoets]

I need to work my daily budget up to the level of peasant.

[torokk]

Nice to see the Steward of Gondor out doing better things than setting his son on fire

[amoores]

My grandfather grew up in the maritimes in the 30's he used to tell me that they ate lobster often because it could be freely caught - and people would laugh at families who ate Lobster because they couldn't afford fish....he used to laugh and say he worked his whole life to afford to eat the foods he ate growing up poor.

[generalrubbish]

Many people seem to underestimate how much difference herbs can make. It's true that spices used to be very expensive and as such reserved exclusively for the nobility, but this in no way meant that everyone else just had to make do with bland food - any ordinary peasant with a small garden at their disposal could easily grow herbs like mint, thyme, rosemary, basil and so on, as well as aromatics like garlic, onions, shallots and chives. They would still mostly live off of porridges, potages, soups and stews, but they were certainly capable of making them palatable.

[JohnYoo]

You are what the History Channel should have become

[garrettwidner]

She's great. It's rare to find a guest that's not only knowledgeable and interesting but also approachable in their expertise and great at speaking.

[MB-eyvv]

That was quite an entertaining video, Denethor, Steward of Gondor. Thank you!

[nutsbutdum]

"You would probably begin drinking at the age of 5".

That explained 90% of all British history!

[Bokuma]

I never knew I was so interested in medieval history until the algorithm recommended me one video and now I've watched about 2hrs worth...

[jeffreybungle]

So peasants in the middle ages ate salmon with a sorrel pesto crust over wholegrain foccacia with a jus of garden peas

[FalbereChan]

medieval peasant: peas, fish, and bread
college student: surviving on instant ramen

[aswithinsowithout]

My husband grew up poor in Appalachia. No plumbing or climate control. His diet was amazing though! I love that he always saw it this way. Everything homemade, organic, free range or truly wild caught. He’s a very hearty man.

[AlexandrePereira]

I like how enthusiastically he looks at the food. You can see he really digs this

[franko]

When you gave up on Discovery and The History Channel because they only show reality TV and come to YouTube to actually learn something

[PhilBushay]

Man I love my recommended videos sometimes. What a gem of a channel.

[cjhilario]

*"Bread, Beer, and Bacon"* sounds like a really good pub name with great food and drink