The History of the English Pub from Medieval Times

Hello!Happy New Year and a Happy New Season of The Delicious Legacy Podcast!Pubs. I love them! Who doesn't?Culturally and socially important spaces throughout the centuries, more so the past two hundred years.We mourn when one has closed down. We regularly hear about their supposed demise now or in the near future. But pubs, inns, taverns, alehouses, have been part of the fabric of life in these Isles since early medieval times.They are everywhere and ever evolving in nature.On today's episode I have invited the esteemed buildings archaeologist James Wright to explain a little bit behind the myths, mysteries and misunderstandings about the institution that is the British Pub!How did you order and got served your beer in the 17th century pub? And what's a "buttery hatch"?What are some of the most prevalent myths about the oldest pub in England? Why these stories keep persisting?How did the pub started in the Medieval period and how does it differ to the pub we know today?These and many more subjects you'll find on today's episode all about the history of our beloved pubs!You can find more about James's work here:https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/blogs/In search of Britain’s oldest pubhttps://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/britain-england-oldest-pub-where-how-identify/You can purchase his book here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/historic-building-mythbusting/james-wright/9781803994475Love,The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Greek Gourmand, travels through time...Imagine yourself dining with Socrates, Plato, or Pythagoras! What tasty morsels of food accompanied the conversations of these most significant minds in Western philosophy?Now picture yourself as you sat for a symposium with Cicero, or Pliny the Elder or Julius Caesar. The opulent feasts of the decadent Romans!Maybe, you're following Alexander the Great during his military campaigns in Asia for ten years. Conquering the vast Persian empire, while discovering new foods. Or try and picture the richness of fruits and vegetables in the lush Hanging Gardens of Babylon.What foods did our ancestors ate?How did all begin? Who was the first to write a recipe down and why? Sauces, ingredients, ways of cooking. Timeless and continuous yet unique and so alien to us now days. Staple ingredients of the Mediterranean world -as we think now- like tomatoes, potatoes, rice, peppers, didn't exist. What did they eat? We will travel far and wide, reconstructing the diet, the feasts, the dishes of a Greek Philosopher in a symposium in Athens, or a Roman Emperor or as a rich merchant in the last night in Pompeii.....Lavish dinners, exotic spices, so-called "barbaric" traditions of beer and milk, all intertwined...Stay tuned and find out more here, in 'The Delicious Legacy' Podcast!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.