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As many people put together this week to sit down down for our Thanksgiving meals, an area historical past group a couple of weeks in the past recreated a feast that may’ve been on par with Thanksgiving however lengthy predates it and was celebrated on one other continent.
Identical to in America at the moment, work would usually come to a halt in November in medieval Europe for a celebration.
Nonetheless, as an alternative of gathering with household and pals on the fourth Thursday of that month, they might have a good time on Nov. 11 the Feast of Saint Martin – or Martinmas – a Christian commemoration of the loss of life and burial of the fourth century Saint Martin of Excursions.
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As part of its annual programming this yr, the group Archaeology Now Houston determined to duplicate, as finest because it may, a few of the meals and traditions that may be a part of this harvest feast that was an enormous a part of life throughout the medieval calendar.
The group allowed Houston Issues producer Michael Hagerty to attend the occasion, which came about in a barn from the 1850s that was moved from Ohio to Beckendorff Farms exterior Katy.
Within the audio above, we be taught concerning the significance of Martinmas, concerning the foods and drinks which may’ve been served at a feast celebrating it, what it was like for an area chef who makes a speciality of Cajun and Creole flavors to duplicate medieval delicacies, and the way the meals of Europe of that interval was extra numerous than we are inclined to suppose (trace: this was no renaissance pageant and there have been no turkey legs).
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Desk settings for the medieval harvest feast. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Dinner rolls served on the feast. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Servers carry out dishes of lentil soup. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Beef, greens, and an apple-onion tart was one in every of a number of programs served throughout the feast. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Musicians play medieval period-style devices on the dinner. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Individuals get pleasure from a recreation of a medieval harvest feast staged by Archaeology Now Houston at Beckendorff Farms close to Katy. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Diners get pleasure from a recreation of a medieval harvest feast staged by Archaeology Now Houston. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Mike Starr of Yard Brewery tells individuals concerning the medieval-style ale he brewed for the dinner. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
A storyteller regales diners with a story a couple of medieval knight between dinner programs. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Attendees maintain fingers and take part in medieval-style group dance. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Attendees maintain fingers and take part in medieval-style group dance. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Diners get pleasure from a recreation of a medieval harvest feast staged by Archaeology Now Houston. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
A chandelier contained in the barn at Beckendorff Farms. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Beams and a candelabra within the barn at Beckendorff Farms. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
The balcony loft within the barn at Beckendorff Farms in Katy. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
A chandelier contained in the barn at Beckendorff Farms. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
The ceiling and chandelier within the barn at Beckendorff Farms. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Wooden beams within the historic 1850s barn at Beckendorff Farms close to Katy. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
Diners get pleasure from a recreation of a medieval harvest feast staged by Archaeology Now Houston. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media)
