So last night I was seasoning baked chicken with Mrs. Dash, tenting it after cooking to make it moist, and steaming green beans with garlic and bacon. I began to wonder how cooking standards of today would hold up to a chef's kitchen in a medieval European kingdom. What would 'a meal fit for a king' be like?
I'm sure they had access to exotic spices, but did they understand food and wine pairing? Was it difficult to regulate cooking temperature of meats? And do we have any insight to what a typical feast would look like?
Hi, hopefully one of the medieval or food historians will drop by with more info, but meanwhile, you may find these earlier threads interesting
thread in Tuesday Trivia | Eat like a Peasant, Eat like a King - /u/MissCeylon takes a stab at what a Danish Jarl would eat ca. Alfred the Great
thread in Tuesday Trivia | Eat like a Peasant, Eat like a King - /u/keplar shares the Coronation Banquet of King Henry VI of England
In the fantasy series, "A Song of Ice and Fire," kings and high lords are depicted feasting hundreds of guests or more, featuring roasted animals, meat pies, etc.; did feasts of this scale really occur in medieval Europe, and if so, what were the kitchens responsible for them like? - /u/Taliesin_Taleweaver gives us a tour of King Henry VIII's kitchen
Royal chefs in Middle Ages - /u/cecikierk shares the 1553 cookbook of Sabina Welserin