I love porridge and eat it alot. It's tasty and cheap and healthier than instant ramen noodles. People have been eating porridge all over the world since the middle ages and most likely longer. Porridge was especially common during the midieval time period among peasants and it would commonly be a savory kind and include whatever grain was available such as oats, barley, millet, rye, etc.. Rice is the common porridge grain in Asia. Peasants would also add whatever root vegetable that was around and add various green vegetables during the spring/summer season. Meat scraps was sometimes added but not too often because it was expensive during those times.
I decided to make a 14th century style porridge using millet, turnips, pigs foot and salt and it was delicious! I could taste what a peasant would have experienced during a winter supper after working in the fields.
Here's an old painting of a woman eating porridge during those days.
Here's a recreation of a peasant cooking his porridge from a museum in Norway
Here's an illustration of Goldilocks from Goldilocks and the 3 bears as she ate porridge. The story originated from the 1800s in England.
I decided to make a 14th century style porridge using millet, turnips, pigs foot and salt and it was delicious! I could taste what a peasant would have experienced during a winter supper after working in the fields.
Here's an old painting of a woman eating porridge during those days.
Here's a recreation of a peasant cooking his porridge from a museum in Norway
Here's an illustration of Goldilocks from Goldilocks and the 3 bears as she ate porridge. The story originated from the 1800s in England.
