Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The History of mealtimes and mealtime words and other food words from 1000ad to the the present.

00:00 Mealtime words
00:27 Medieval beginnings
04:54 Breakfast
07:27 Lunch
08:34 Dinner
09:27 Tea
10:46 Supper and other meals
13:21 The courses
15:44 Side dishes
16:45 Restaurant

CREDITS AND SOURCES
For the medieval period the exceptional History of English Podcast historyofenglishpodcast.com was an important source. Highly recommended.

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