Source = "Le Menagier de Paris"
by
Press 19__
ISBN 66-16986
Foods available in
1400s France
(work in progress)
last update: 23 Nov 2007

Caveat lector: While this list was gleaned from the above-cited source, any errors or omissions are mine. The following are sorted alphabetically rather than by importance which varied by season. - Brenna

FruitsBeans, Grains & NutsVegetablesHerbs, etc.Animal (meat or product)Fish
cherry
choke pears
elder (both dwarf & regular)
figs
gooseberry
grapes(seedless & from Digne (small & seedless))
peaches
plum
quince
raspberry
broad bean
?new beans?
peas (pierced?)



chesnut
walnut
sorrel
spinach
savory
cabbage (cite)
red onion
beets for Lenten greens
houseleeks
lettuce (French black-seeded & Avignon white-seeded)
gourds
orach
Lenten sprouts (2nd growth cabbage)
turnips
radishes
spurge
carrots (red roots at Les Halles)
horseradish
sweet marjoram
violets (both sweet & Armenian)
sage
lavender
costmary
mint
clary
poppies
parsley
gillyflowers
fennel
basil
borage
hyssop
peonies
dragonwort
lily
rose (of Provins (Provence?) & red)

rosemary
licorice
hellebore (white flowering)
aconite
clove
ginger
mustard seed
anise seed
fennel seed
coriander seed
caraway seed
horseradish
clovewood (clovestalk)
cinnamon
pepper
Mecca ginger (white)
nutmeg
Grains of Paradise
saffron of Ort
sandelwood
galingale
mace
spikenard
chamomile
bay
orange peel
long pepper
perseau/neele/passe rose (a red flower that grows w/wheat)
wolfsbane
cow
crane
deer, red
elk
geese, variety wild
goat
willow grouse
hare
pig
ptarmigan
sheep
swan

milk
cheese
butter
bream
white bream
chub
dace
pike
roach
salmon
trout
In addition were noted salt, honey,




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