‘a peasant eats meat when a chicken is sick, or when he is sick.’ There was also a popular rhyme that went like this: ’I ate cabbage and drank broth, I didn’t see meat but happy I was.’ What, then, ...

traditionally filled with mashed potatoes or sauerkraut or meat (or other things you might imagine Polish peasants eating in ...

So, what about the peasants who lived out in the countryside? What did they eat? Or the poorer people in the towns and cities? And what about the rich nobles and royal courtiers? Let’s travel ...