what did peasants eat
The average person during the Renaissance was a peasant. Peasants would eat soup or mush for food for just about every meal. They would also generally have some black bread. The soup would have been made of scraps of food, usually vegetables such as carrots or sometimes eggs. Mush was made from some kind of grain like oats or wheat and then cooked in water.
Middle Ages food for poor people revolved around barley. Barley bread, porridge, gruel and pasta, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Grain provided 65-70% of calories in the early 14th century. Middle ages food for rich people included wheat and meat. Both of these items were expensive and prestigious. Wild game was common, as was pork and chicken. Beef, which required lots of land, wasnât very big yet. Vegetables were considered peasant food. So along with their grains, peasants ate cabbage, beets, onions, garlic and carrots.