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=​Food of the Renaissance=  Soups! Soups in the renaissance were very expensive and full of flavor.They served many at a time and were garnished with basil, sage, and thyme. Soups were the perfect luxuries and were eaten in place of deserts. Soups were made also with mustard, hemp-seed, millet, verjuice, and much more! Below is what soup might of looked like in the renaissance period, brightly colored with herbs on the top. = = == Roasts! Roasts were the main meal during the renaissance period. They were the largest and most attractive part of the meal. Roasts were usually made with sirloin beef. They were boiled first, and then they were basted with juice and rosewater, then they were seasoned with sugar and powdered spices. Below is what a sirloin roast might look like.



Salads! Salads were served after the roasts, and unlike today are not brought to the table raw. They were cooked with added things in it like brains, livers or the crests of poultry.Salads also included some type of crushed eggs on it as well. Pasta! Pasta in the renaissance included semolina, vermicelli, and macaroni. Pictures below go from left to right-macaroni,semolina,vermicelli.(note semolina is made into pasta, in the picture below its flour.)

Side Dishes!

The side dishes of the rennaissance were mostly pastries. Of the pastries that were there, there were pear pastries, apple pastries, double faced pastries, the list goes on. The side dishes were used as an expensive add on to the rest of the meal. Below is an example of a pear pastry.

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__ SaltShaker __. 19 Jan. 2010 . "Top Sirloin Roast and Pilaf." __Southern Renaissance Man__. 19 Jan. 2010 [].

"File:Praline Pear Danish Pastry.jpg -." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 18 Jan. 2010 .