00:00Hello, I'm Mariam and welcome to News Nuggets.
00:05In this episode we'll be learning about medieval food across Medway.
00:10I'm talking banquets, pottage, markets and more.
00:13We all went down to the cathedral's crypt where they keep books that are hundreds of years old.
00:18Do you guys know about the medieval times?
00:20There was strict rules that they had to abide by.
00:24What out of this food would the servants eat?
00:27Well, they wouldn't be eating anything that was expensive.
00:31In the medieval times, ordinary people could only eat certain food because of how much money they had.
00:36This is true nowadays too.
00:38We're here at a very modern market, how do you think it would compare to a medieval market?
00:42Did they have markets?
00:43They did have markets.
00:44Excellent.
00:45We'll put that in our medieval baskets.
00:47From what era?
00:48From my era, exactly.
00:51By tasting the food that medieval people would have eaten, it's the closest you're going to get to time travel.
00:55We spoke about how sugar was really rare in medieval times, but now there's too much of it in some
01:00foods.
01:01And we're going to make a bean and bacon pottage.
01:03We actually have to get the beans out of there.
01:05Actually.
01:06Yeah.
01:06I've got soup.
01:07My eyes are boiling.
01:09My eyes are burning.
01:10Now it's time for the catch-up quiz.
01:14Name three things that wealthy people would have eaten in medieval times.
01:18What would you rate our cooking out 10?
01:2010-0-0.
01:21Yay!
01:22See you next time for more News Nuggets.
01:29So guys, what did you think filming was like?
01:31How did you find it?
01:32It was really good.
01:33Yeah?
01:34Yeah.
01:34I was quite shocked that there were going to be that many cameras.
01:38I thought there was only going to be one.
01:40And what kind of things did you guys do?
01:42Where did you go?
01:42So we went to Rochester Cathedral when we was looking for dishes to make and doing a bit
01:52more research about the medieval times.
01:55And then when we was at our school, we actually made the dishes and we made blanc orange and
02:03pottage.
02:04I mean, there's Rochester Cathedral there.
02:06What did you guys do at the cathedral?
02:10We went into the like, it was kind of like a museum.
02:14And it was creations of like how food would look like and what they would eat and what
02:22they would wear and stuff like that.
02:25But we also looked at the gardens and like what type of food they would grow as well.
02:32They had like a bit reserved for us so that we could film.
02:34And I felt very like good that they had a, and also the garden, it was closed off to normal
02:44people because we were filming in it.
02:47And there was a cat there and it was a cute cat.
02:51Yeah, we kept seeing this little cat.
02:53Oh.
02:54And what was it like showing your friends, your family and Mary as well?
02:58Or what was it like showing the school the episode?
03:01Yeah, we were very proud.
03:03It was a different part of local history I don't think any of us were aware of.
03:09We weren't aware of the food.
03:10So it was lovely to have something completely new to share with the community.
03:15And it was also a little bit embarrassing because like I thought some parts were going to be
03:22cut out but they wasn't so I was kind of embarrassed.
03:27And then there was a part where I shouted that my eyes were burning and everyone started laughing.
03:34Quite the comedian.
03:37Well thanks guys so much for joining me on The Soap today.
03:40I'm very excited to see the episode.
03:41Let's get started.
