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Viking Foods 6 – Meats – by Rob Shackleford

Jul 23, 2021

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.…

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Viking Foods – Fruits and Sweets by Rob Shackleford

Jul 23, 2021

Viking Foods - Fruits and Sweets by Rob Shackleford When we say “fruit” – often we think of fruits such as apples, oranges, bananas and maybe pineapple. Yet none of these fruits were available to the Vikings! True, they had access to crab-apples, much harder than the apples that originated in Kazakhstan and were grown in China. Now, nearly 8000 varieties of apples have been identified around the world. Oranges are a hybrid of pomalo and mandarins, and were introduced into Europe by the Moorish invasions around the 10th Century. Vikings would have come into contact with oranges as…

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Viking Foods 4 – Fish and Sea Life by Rob Shackleford

Jul 22, 2021

Viking Foods 4 - Fish and Sea Life by Rob Shackleford As we have seen with our Viking Food discussion so far, a typical evening meal could include fish or meat stewed with vegetables. They might also eat some more dried fruit with honey as a sweet treat. Honey was the only sweetener the Vikings knew. Vikings drank ale, mead or buttermilk daily. The Norse of Scandinavia and the Viking raiders who travelled on raids overseas required a significant amount of energy on a daily basis, and this diet seems to have more than sufficed. There is little evidence to suggest that the Vikings were underfed or…

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Viking Foods 3 – Vikings Ate Their Veges by Rob Shackleford

Jul 21, 2021

Viking Foods 3 - Vikings Ate Their Veges by Rob Shackleford Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked? Part 2 Viking Health Viking Teeth Viking Medicine Vikings at Home Viking Society Viking Thralls Viking Karls Viking Jarls Viking Women Part 1 Viking Women Part 2 Viking Women Part 3 Viking Villages and Towns Viking Fortresses Vikings and…

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Viking Foods 2 – Grains and Bread by Rob Shackleford

Jul 21, 2021

Viking Foods 2 - Grains and Bread by Rob Shackleford Check out these other Viking Blogs: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked? Part 2 Viking Health Viking Teeth Viking Medicine Vikings at Home Viking Society Viking Thralls Viking Karls Viking Jarls Viking Women Part 1 Viking Women Part 2 Viking Women Part 3 Viking Villages and…