Food
across
the
social
scale
A
nobleman's
diet
would
____________________
____________________
very
different
from
the
diets
of
those
lower
down
the
social
scale
.
Aristocratic
estates
____________________
the
wealthy
with
freshly
killed
meat
____________________
river
fish
,
as
well
as
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
.
Cooked
dishes
were
heavily
flavoured
with
valuable
spices
such
as
caraway
,
nutmeg
,
____________________
,
ginger
and
pepper
.
____________________
commonly
used
ingredients
included
cane
sugar
,
almonds
,
and
dried
____________________
such
as
dates
,
figs
____________________
raisins
.
The
wealthy
____________________
these
goods
which
were
imported
from
far
away
lands
,
and
were
hugely
expensive
.
Indeed
,
there
was
an
ancient
department
at
the
Royal
court
called
the
'spicery'
,
which
was
entirely
devoted
to
____________________
.
Spicy
sauces
were
extremely
popular
,
and
entire
professional
careers
were
____________________
to
saucemaking
.
