As part of the children's study of the Middle Ages, it seemed appropriate to include a Medieval Feast. I must say that this has been received with great enthusiasm and the children have thrown themselves into preparations and have really made this their own.
We have used ideas from Angellicscalliwags' amazing Medieval Banquet , the BBC download on Medieval Feasting and the Story of the World Activity Book 2 as well as from our own searches on the internet.
We started with reading a book about feasts in the Middle Ages, a Medieval Feast by Aliki.
The children concocted a menu.
Menu
The children made the marzipan subtletys in advance. We used shop made marzipan and painted them using Wilton's cake colouring.
These represent the Roses of York and Lancaster and at the top, the Tudor Rose.
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In terms of decoration, we made a stained glass window. This was made from a large sheet of paper. When we researched stained glass windows, on the internet, Younger Daughter preferred the stained glass found in the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona. The topic of stained glass led to a discussion about how and where we should worship and where we find our authority.
This "stained glass" is based on a theme from the stained glass in Sagrada Familia.
This is the almost complete version. If anyone else should be tempted to try this, please note, that using oil pastel is much, much quicker than using felt tip pen.
Other preparation has included
finding music
making crowns
finding out about which foods would and would not have been available
finding out about Medieval table customs. This trencher recipe seemed relatively authentic sounding and is the one we plan to use.
This has been one of our most enjoyable projects. Perhaps, we should have a meal for each period in history that we study!
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We have used ideas from Angellicscalliwags' amazing Medieval Banquet , the BBC download on Medieval Feasting and the Story of the World Activity Book 2 as well as from our own searches on the internet.
We started with reading a book about feasts in the Middle Ages, a Medieval Feast by Aliki.
The children concocted a menu.
Menu
Pottage
Stuffed roast chicken
Pears
in red grape juice
Marzipan
subtlety
The children made the marzipan subtletys in advance. We used shop made marzipan and painted them using Wilton's cake colouring.
These represent the Roses of York and Lancaster and at the top, the Tudor Rose.
Shield
In terms of decoration, we made a stained glass window. This was made from a large sheet of paper. When we researched stained glass windows, on the internet, Younger Daughter preferred the stained glass found in the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona. The topic of stained glass led to a discussion about how and where we should worship and where we find our authority.
This "stained glass" is based on a theme from the stained glass in Sagrada Familia.
This is the almost complete version. If anyone else should be tempted to try this, please note, that using oil pastel is much, much quicker than using felt tip pen.
Other preparation has included
finding music
making crowns
finding out about which foods would and would not have been available
finding out about Medieval table customs. This trencher recipe seemed relatively authentic sounding and is the one we plan to use.
This has been one of our most enjoyable projects. Perhaps, we should have a meal for each period in history that we study!
If you enjoyed this post you may like to follow Delivering Grace by Google Friend Connect, G+,Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or e-mail.
This sounds like it was fun to put together. The kids did a great job with the marzipan. The dinner sounds fantastic and I love the glass window.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stacie, this has been fun and I think that we have all learned from this. I'm fascinated that the children love the Medieval music.
DeleteMy children have been keen to have pottage in bread bowls ever since we watched Tudor Monastery Farm, so this is the reminder I need, thank you!
DeleteGwen, I wasn't brave enough to serve the pottage in trenchers just the roast. I think that the bread would taste great with the soup soaking into it though. We used the BBC leek, pea and ham soup recipe for pottage and were pleased with the result.
DeleteThis brought back some memories. We had a mediaevel feast with 2 other families about 10 years ago & used lebanese bread for the trenchers. Aliki's book is lovely.
ReplyDeleteLebanese bread sounds a great idea. My trenchers were very solid! Yes, we loved Aliki's book. Have you seen others by this author?
DeleteMummies Made in Egypt & William Shakespeare & the Globe are a couple of others we have. Both well done.
DeleteI LOVE this!! What fantastic activities! Everything turned out beautifully :) (thank you for the mention)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Claire, Your posts were a great inspiration.
DeleteSounds like a really fun project and one that they will remember forever!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah. It certainly was popular.
DeleteOh, we had a medieval feast once and it was wonderful. So much roast chicken! I forget what else we had for food, but the children had wonderful sword-fights and we dressed up. It was surprising what we couldn't have: spices, potatoes, modern wheat, many different fruits....
ReplyDeleteEnjoy and be sure to take a lot of photos of the even itself!
Sword fights sound fun. One of mine would have loved that!
DeleteYes, the food was quite different even though superficially the same. The pottage turned out to be one of the most popular foods and I've been asked to make it again.