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Ten kakemonos, decorated with illustrations and medieval miniatures, were also exhibited there (1), illustrating the various aspects of the diet of the 12th century.e in XIVe century. Visitors could discover, among other things, what people ate at the time and the methods of preserving food, kitchen utensils and the importance of pottery… which gave the word soup, in the taste of cooked dishes , the times and composition of meals varying according to the seasons, the types of bread, drinks, notably wine, spices or “seeds of paradise” and their use, as well as the role of gardens in the production of vegetables throughout the year. ‘year.
The emergence of culinary art
An immersion offered at the heart of this period, which left us words, expressions and adages still used today, where the culinary art developed with its local specialties, the emergence of the first recipe books and the rules of decorum . A perspective of the Middle Ages far removed from the reductive image of an era of gluttons and barbarians!
One of the ten panels, decorated with miniatures, illustrates pig peeling, a tradition still practiced in Béarn.
Jean-Pierre Ompraret
These texts, enriched and detailed in this beautifully illustrated book, come from a study day organized in September 2023 during the 7e Damazan medieval forum. Contributed to it: Alain Paraillous, Alban Gautier, Gérard Régimbeau, Sandrine Lavaud, Pierre Simon, Jean-Paul Valois, and Judicaël Petrowiste. Conferences on this theme, accompanied by the loan of the exhibition, led by Jean-Paul Valois or Pierre Simon, will be available on request from associations or municipalities.
(1) The exhibition is visible in room no. 7 (ground floor) of the town hall until the end of January. Free entry during opening hours.
Practical
For contacts: [email protected] or 06 29 49 25 42. The book is available in bookstores or can be ordered on the website of the CHAR de Navarrenx association: https://char-navarrenx.fr/categorie- product/library-char/. “Drinking and eating at the time of the Bastides” IBSN 978-2-918404-51-4, priced at €10.
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