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Here are a few samples of dishes, and sources, we've enjoyed in Drachenwald.
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Sometimes, you __do__ get to roast a whole animal: this campfire cooking is possible at some sites.
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<imgsrc="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link images/food/cooking-raglan-roast.jpg %}"width="200"alt="Cooking a roast at Raglan">{: style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"}*Sometimes, you __do__ get to roast a whole animal: this campfire cooking is possible at some sites.*
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Medieval diets were not all meat. Our feasts often accommodate people who do not eat meat, those who must avoid gluten, and those who cannot eat dairy.
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Medieval diets were not all meat. Our feasts often accommodate people who do not eat meat, those who must avoid gluten, and those who cannot eat dairy. A lentil dish, presented at a potluck in the shire of Thamesreach.
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Here's an example of a menu prepared for an event in May 2019 in Ireland, [which is gluten-free](https://duninmara.org/posts/2019/05/08/coronet-feast/).
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<imgsrc="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link images/food/pottage-lentils.jpg %}"alt="Dish of lentils">{: .align-middle}
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Here's an example of a menu prepared for an event in May 2019 in Ireland, [which is gluten-free](https://duninmara.org/posts/2019/05/08/coronet-feast/).
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<imgsrc="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link images/food/pottage-lentils.jpg %}"width="200"alt="Dish of lentils">{: style="float: right; margin-top: 1em; margin-left: 1em"}*A lentil dish, presented at a potluck in the shire of Thamesreach.*
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Novelty food - food that is pretending to be something else - was a feature of medieval fine dining. In a very modest example, beef meatballs are 'dressed' to look like hedgehogs, as they were depicted in medieval books. According to medieval bestiaries, hedgehogs carried grapes on their back to feed their young, and so a heraldic hedgehog is typically drawn or painted with grapes sticking to its spines.
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<imgsrc="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link images/food/hedgepigs-with-grapes.jpg %}"width="250"alt="Hedgepigs with grapes">{: style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"}
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The recipe appears in [Pleyn Delit: Medieval cookery for modern cooks](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pleyn-Delit-Medieval-Cookery-Modern/dp/0802076327), a very accessible book about medieval cooking, which draws on multiple sources.
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<imgsrc="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link images/food/hedgepigs-with-grapes.jpg %}"width="360"alt="Hedgepigs with grapes">{: .align-middle}
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Some resources for starting medieval cooking at home:
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