For breakfast vikings would often eat leftovers from the previous day, or bread and buttermilk. For lunch vikings would often eat cottage cheese, and if they were lucky some fruit. Common fruits included wild plumbs and crab apples. They might drink water, buttermilk from breakfast, or mild ale. Special measures had to be taken to prevent food from rotting. Meat was often smoked or rubbed with salt, fruit was dried, and dairy was made into cheese.
Viking food played a large role a typical day. Gathering, preparing,and preserving food was a very important time-consuming task, causing great emphasis to be placed on meals.
Viking food played a large role a typical day. Gathering, preparing,and preserving food was a very important time-consuming task, causing great emphasis to be placed on meals.