What Really Ate the Anglo-Saxons?

From loaves baked in simple clay ovens to smoked eel preserved for winter, this episode digs into the evidence that tells us what Anglo‑Saxon households actually ate and drank. By piecing together archaeobotanical finds, isotopic analyses of bones and the few surviving written notes, we see how diet varied by class, region and season, challenging the romantic notion of a wholly “hungry” early medieval people. We also explore how food practices linked to social status, trade routes and the transition from local farms to wider networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices