Bronze Age Vessels and Utensils Cooking was done over open fires which were either outside or in the centre of the house with an opening in the roof through which the ...
Preparation and Cooking Food Flint scrapers and knives were used in the preparation of food for cooking.
Cooking was still carried out over an open fire although ...
Types of Food eaten by Hunter Gatherers As these people were hunter gatherers, not farmers, there is no evidence of any grain crops.
It is most likely that they had only water ...
Means of Lighting Fires and Cooking Food The open fire played an important part in the life of the earliest inhabitants. We do not know how it was discovered but we can assume ...
Types of Food The Neolithic people came to Ireland about 4500BC and brought with them the skill of farming. However they still used the wild resources ...
Iron Age Cookery Cooking was done on open hearths both inside and outside the houses. The ash which was found in many of these hearths was peat and any ...
Fulacht Fiadh Fulacht fiadh are also known as “cooking pit of the deer”. These sites are common in Ireland, especially in the south west. They were ...
Types of Food Much oaten and barley bread, often in the form of thin oatcakes, was eaten by the people of the late middle ages. The corn was often ...
General Comment The most commonly eaten foods were oaten and barley bread which was consumed with huge quantities of butter. Animals were killed in the ...
Menus A typical daily menu for the more prosperous:
Breakfast : bread soaked in ale or wine
Main meal (about 11.00) : meat – mutton or ...
