Viking Foods 6 – Meats – by Rob Shackleford
Viking Foods 6 - Meats - by Rob Shackleford A major feature of the Viking diet was that every level of society, from kings to common sailors, ate meat on most days. Often this would have been pork, as hogs were easy to raise and quick to mature, but Vikings also ate beef, mutton and goats. Horses were also raised for food, but was also eaten only rarely as horses were highly prized and very expensive. Horsemeat was only eaten on festive occasions. In Haakon the Good's saga it is described how horsemeat can be used to make a soup.…