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------------------ ------------------ http://www.castlesontheweb.com/quest/Forum8/HTML/000019.html deborahknowles Is it true that medieval people at banquets would slope off half-way through to make themselves sick so they could eat more? (At least I hope they'd slope off!) Erik Schmidt We know that Romans did this, but I have not tried to find out if it was also a common practice in the middle ages. Gordon Yes Deborah, I've read a couple of refernces suggesting that this happened, but can't recall which web sites or books they were.
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Visit; Gordon's Scottish Castles Resource Page Merlin We had this question before: Levan Whilst there might have been occurenes when this happened, however, for many in the middle ages food was considered too precious to waste - even for the prosperous. This was especially the case in areas affected by disease - no amount of money could buy decent food in some areas.
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