A medieval peasant would be wishing they could est like this.
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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You need some fiber dude, but other than that, the only other thing you're missing is a tankard of ale!
A medieval peasant would be eating gruel, not fancy white bread (that's for royalty basically) or the egg creating machine, because that's what makes the eggs which you will also not eat because the royalty nicks them all as "taxes".
Bro where is the greens?
I'd halve the chicken, skip the bread, and add a bunch of vegetables, and some cheese, but yeah. In fact, that is pretty much what I eat as my main meal at lunchtime every day.
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 politicians. It has nothing to do with medieval times, it's just meant to evoque that vague feeling.
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.
Is that a pickle or some pickle?
Neither. It's just pickle.
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
Add some veg, and some butter for the bread, and it's a good meal
A good meal for two, but a good meal nonetheless
Two? That's a whole ass chicken and a large loaf of bread. It's easily a meal for four if you add a few veggies into the mix.
I agree, but since some chickens are small and some people are big, I figured I'd err on the side on the minimum. It sure as shit ain't one guy, we agree on that!
could use some vegetables. 8/10 because lack of said vegetables.
Even in the 1960s eating a whole chicken would have been a luxury, this isn't peasant food, that's the gout inducing diet of a king
I doubt anyone today eats a whole chicken for lunch.
"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent chicken meal?", "Get your hand off my baguette!"
I had to scroll way too far for this.
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.
fun fact: whole-grain bread is probably healthier than soft white bread anyways due to an increased content in fiber, so there's that ...
I thought this was common knowledge?
it might be, but it still fits into the context. especially considering how peasants unintentionally might have been healthier simply due to their poverty, which might seem paradoxical.
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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.
Plain bread is a travesty
This isn't plain bread, good sir, this is a baguette! Well, rather small one, but still.
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You're eating like Final Fight.
(Hits a trashcan)
Roasted chicken.
(Hits some tires)
Bread.
100% health let's go!!!
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A medieval peasant on a celebration day. I doubt they could eat a whole as chicken every day
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Peasants? That wpuld be a medieval noble
Would a medieval peasant have access to that much meat?
Depends on time and place, of course. Peasants in the late medieval period in England ate more meat than we do today (about 40% of their calories).
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