stackyFACTSInstead of doing the dishes, medieval diners simply ate their stew off a hard slab of ancient carbohydrates and then tossed the soggy mess to the dogs.
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Where you sat in relation to the table salt determined your entire worth as a human being. Massive, elaborate salt cellars were placed in the middle of long…
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You quite literally had to build your table from scratch before every single meal, which is exactly where the phrase 'turning the tables' originates.
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You simply had to pinch the scalding hot porcelain with your bare fingers and aggressively hope you didn't drop boiling liquid directly onto your lap.
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Forget using a polite little discard plate. During elaborate 17th-century banquets, the accepted method of disposing of your unwanted food scraps was simply…
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Forget the cozy romantic fantasy; living in a giant stone fortress basically meant shivering endlessly while your expensive tapestries quietly grew mold.
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Aggressively eating a massive feast while sitting entirely naked in a tub of warm water with strangers was completely normalized in medieval society.
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