Anglo-Saxon Food and Drink

The Anglo-Saxons would often have feasts in the hall. Nearly all food was boiled in a cauldron over a fire and eaten as a kind of stew. They drank ale from drinking horns because river water was often polluted. They ate what they grew on their farm land such as: cereals - wheat and rye for bread vegetables - carrots, parsnips, cabbages, peas, beans and onions fruit - apples, cherries and plums. Pigs and fish like perch or herring might also have been eaten. Food would be dried or salted to preserve it over the winter.