stackyFACTSBefore the luxury of individual glassware, an entire table of aristocrats would simply pass one massive, slobber-covered cup around the table, taking turns gulping down their beverages like absolute savages.
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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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Instead 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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Long before modern novelty restaurants, 19th-century European elite threw literal 'dark dinners' where everything from the room to the food was completely…
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Fine china was centuries away, meaning you aggressively ate your daily gruel out of a slightly scooped-out wooden plank like a mildly civilized farm animal.
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Forget subtle flavors; medieval palates craved aggressive seasoning. Mustard seeds were ground up and mixed with acidic fruit juices to create a sharp,…
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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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