Labels:book | bulletin board | daily | jotter | tribute album OCR: UPPER BAILEY hen the baron was a home there were up to 200 hungry people to feed, and supplying the castle with enough food was major task Much of the food came from the manor The baron allowed the villagers to some of this land for themselves, int in exchange they had to cultivate his fields, called the demesne lands. Fresh food was plentiful in the summer but became scarce in winter The villagers preserved meat in salt or by smoking and preserved other foods such as beans by drying farm
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