Premodernist | Did people eat spoiled meat in the Middle Ages? @premodernist_history | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 47 minutes ago.
There is a common myth (repeated even in classrooms) that Europeans in the Middle Ages wanted spices from Asia to cover up the taste of spoiled meat. What the heck? Who eats spoiled meat? Medieval Europeans were no more capable of or willing to eat rotten meat than any other human beings.
I also mention in this video some of the ways medieval Europeans preserved meat without electrical refrigeration.
Check out the Crash Course World History playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9
Clips in this video come from
* “Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19” uploaded by CrashCourse on May 31, 2012, youtu.be/UN-II_jBzzo
* “John Green Gets Slapped, and Other London Fun” uploaded by A Sad Man, My Friend on February 4, 2013, youtu.be/2Ymbbi7htmo
There is a common myth (repeated even in classrooms) that Europeans in the Middle Ages wanted spices from Asia to cover up the taste of spoiled meat. What the heck? Who eats spoiled meat? Medieval Europeans were no more capable of or willing to eat rotten meat than any other human beings.
I also mention in this video some of the ways medieval Europeans preserved meat without electrical refrigeration.
Check out the Crash Course World History playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9
Clips in this video come from
* “Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19” uploaded by CrashCourse on May 31, 2012, youtu.be/UN-II_jBzzo
* “John Green Gets Slapped, and Other London Fun” uploaded by A Sad Man, My Friend on February 4, 2013, youtu.be/2Ymbbi7htmo
