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By studying dig sites, sagas and ancient cookbooks, a culinary archaeologist is recreating dishes the Vikings ate – and rewriting the popular view of these people in the process

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Tags: history, recipes, diet, sweden, middle ages, vikings, archaeology.culinary, society, books.cook, sagas, daniel serra, author.maddy savage, author.benoit derrier, source.bbc travel
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230619-what-did-the-vikings-eat

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Title
What did the Vikings eat?
Authors
Maddy Savage & Benoît Derrier
Word count
2371 words

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  1. Gekko
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    Max Miller from Tasting History should meet this dude!

    Max Miller from Tasting History should meet this dude!

    3 votes
  2. AgnesNutter
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    This is a fascinating aspect to archeology. I think the guy could use some work on names, fish porridge sounds vile but the recipe actually sounds pretty good. I can imagine how comforting it...

    This is a fascinating aspect to archeology. I think the guy could use some work on names, fish porridge sounds vile but the recipe actually sounds pretty good. I can imagine how comforting it would be in the depths of winter! I appreciate how he’s given a modern alternative so you could actually try it out for yourself

    3 votes