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Chicken meat constituted an important part of everyday diet, and it was afforded by virtually every social stratum both in England and the Continent.
Chicken and chicken eggs were, then as now, vital staples. In part this was due to a perception that both of these foodstuffs were endowed with qualities that made them both nutritious and readily digestible. In part, too, their popularity derived from their ubiquitous availability, and hence their relative affordability.
Chicken meat constituted an important part of everyday diet, and it was afforded by virtually every social stratum both in England and the Continent.
{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)I like the economy of its ingredient list, even in medieval versions: almond milk, chicken, sugar, rosewater. In the mid-17th century, the chicken — exhausted by the centuries of labor — dropped out, replaced by the thickener isinglass, then sea moss or cornstarch or gelatin. But it stayed simple.
Chicken meat constituted an important part of everyday diet, and it was afforded by virtually every social stratum both in England and the Continent.
I like the economy of its ingredient list, even in medieval versions: almond milk, chicken, sugar, rosewater. In the mid-17th century, the chicken — exhausted by the centuries of labor — dropped out, replaced by the thickener isinglass, then sea moss or cornstarch or gelatin. But it stayed simple.