Skyrim ass meal. need a wheel of cheese with it.
Try a ploughmans meal - bread, cheese and pickle. Awesome as a lunch.
Btw, that “ploughman’s lunch” was created in the 1960s by british marketing executives. It has nothing to do with medieval times, it’s just meant to evoque that vague feeling.
The branding of ploughman’s lunch was invented in the 60s but that same Wikipedia page states it had been a common meal for rural labourers for centuries.
The pickle is probably the new aspect. Farm workers have obviously been eating cheese, bread, pasties, cold meats etc. since forever.
Fermenting veggies has been around a long time too. It might not have been a pickled cucumber, but something pickled wouldn’t be unheard of.
Thank you for this info. I wouldn’t have thought to look into such a thing. It reads to me like it was created by marketers, though, not politicians. It says “the Cheese Bureau, a marketing body affiliated with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency” created it in the '50s.
You’re right, I misremembered the article. Corrected, thanks!
Is that a pickle or some pickle?
Tangy pickle yes. Branston, piccalilli. Or pickled onions, relish, or somesuch.
Neither. It’s just pickle.
And a wineskin full of barley water, chilled in the stream
Nah, just a pint of beer
Soft white bread? Nobody but rich upper class people could afford soft white bread until well past the industrial revolution.
That’s also a pretty large roasted bird that’s being eaten in complete absence of stew.
Roast chicken on a nice crusty sourdough is amazing. Get some butter or gravy in there it’s a hell of a meal
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Oh damn, that’s a fucking feast! Peasents can’t afford that shit.
A lazy supermarket special - a roast chicken in a bag and a baguette roll picked up on the way to the checkout. We’ve all been there and I’m sure it makes a passable meal, but cooking is a skill everyone should endeavour to be proficient in.
Yeah but lets face it, a supermarket rotisserie chicken is generally cheaper and better than a chicken roasted at home. I dont understand the economic of it, but its true. I have up roasting chicken at home because its just never as succulent
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I’ve had good results with spatchcocking, which as a bonus also cuts the cook time in half.
The bachelor’s handbag.
The person for sure needs to learn how to cook
They definitely bought that at a store in a bag. They are delicious.
If by “peasant” you mean “knight of the fucking round table” then yes
A few things to unpack here.
- That chicken is roasted nicely, but I completely understand if that was bought in that condition at the grocer’s.
- Plain bread is a travesty. it needs to be either toasted and/or you need some melted butter or gravy to sop up.
- Pair this with some fruit or pan seared/roasted vegetables. Even microwaved beans would make this nutritious. Takes very little effort, very easy to do.
- Even peasants had access to beer, ale, or home-made short-beer/kvass. Gotta calorie-max so you can work in the field tomorrow. Plus, the alcohol helps with the constant muscle-aches and fatigue from endless labor.
There are innumerable ways to elevate this meal, but I’ll keep this comment short. Anyone, feel free to message me or reply here if you want tips for that.
Lol no. How about porridge with water every day of the week.
More like porridge with beer…made out of old porridge.
No one before the 1930s had access to such a large breed of chicken lol.
They probably would have confused this picture with a miniature Turkey.
or a very lean goose
HA! A mini Anatolian peninsula, you say?
That’s a US$5 Costco rotisserie
Minecraft dinner
I’m a boy. I appreciate it.
I was a boy, and I appreciate it.
This was my Christmas dinner during Covid, lol. Pair it with Siracha and gravy from the roasting drippings and baby you got a stew going
I don’t think there are any drippings. This looks like a Costco chicken with that ready to bake bread I’ve seen recently.
It looks basic but quite tasty if the prep and spicing has been done right.
Not every good meal has to be a Michelin Star affair, y’know. Sometimes, all you need is fries and two kroketten to be satisfied.
