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 * Renaissance Food **
 * Soups:** The soups served during the Renaissance period were very rich, expensive, and were served to please the eye as well as the taste. To improve their appearance, they were made of various colors, sweetened with sugar, and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and aromatic herbs (such as marjoram, sage, thyme, sweet basil, and savoury). The French were the greatest soup-eaters in the world, and boasted to be the inventors of seventy sorts during this era.

**Roasts:** These were important in the Renaissance. Sirloin beef was the most common of all roasts at the time. They prepared these by boiling the meat, then rose water and powdered spices with sugar were dusted onto the meat. 
 * Salads: **Salads were eaten after the roast (main course) in formal meals. Salads often contained cooked vegetables, liver, and brains of poultry. After the salad, dishes of eggs and fish were served.
 * Cheese:** Cheese was often eaten with sugar sprinkled over it. Some cheeses were known for how they were made, for example one from Auvergne in Normandy was only made by clean and healthy children at the age of fourteen. Cheese was like a snack during the Renaissance that was expensive if it was made correctly and by respected cheese makers. It was said that the way to make the best cheese was to boil the milk before churning it. Parmesan cheese became the fashion in France only when King Charles VIII came back to Great Britain.
 * Pasta**: The Renaissance is when semolina, vermicelli, and macaroni became popular, but they were originally from Italy. King Charles VIII brought the ideas to the northern part of Europe at the end of his "expedition."
 * Pastries**: France was the prime country that created different kinds of pastries. They multiplied the varieties of tarts and meat pies a great deal. Making pastries became an art, especially in France, during this time.

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