Many people have this vision of a big, Henry VIII-type person gnawing on some roasted animal leg and flinging it behind him. And that's their idea of medieval food. Actually, he's almost 300 years later and if you want to think medieval Sicily - think something very familiar - Mediterranean!
Murder at the Leopard talks about a lot of the food Ysabella and Larissa prepare - but the characters are always snacking on - guess what - olives, cheese, bread, fruit. But also salads were very popular, with all the usual veggies - radishes, cukes, melons and squash, fruits of all kinds, lemons, oranges and lines, lettuces, onions, garlic, apricots, almonds, pomegranates figs, pears, apples and prunes. Grapes of course both for themselves and for wine! Nuts, legumes - the list is endless.
Find out and talk about medieval history, Sicily and the Mediterranean during the Crusades, food and culture, what did medieval people eat and drink (our sleuth is a tavern owner, after all!!) and what about money and trade? Spices and what about the streets of a medieval town after dark? And what about the women in medieval Sicily? What did they wear, eat, drink and how did they get married (or not)?
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