Table of Contents

Ye Old Introduction

Prelude to Free Diet Plan

Thy Weight Loss Tournament

Ye Old Head Games

Life in Canterbury

The King’s Table

Ye Village Bakery

Squire Tom’s Vegetable Shack

Sir Lancelot’s Sipping Table

Ye Village Idiot’s Fruits of the Vine

Maiden Sky’s Dairy Faire

Yon Morning Wake

Medieval Rogue Taverm

The Peasants Porch

Ye Old Village Crafts

Ye Queen’s Fitness Rules

Let the Games Continue!

Fare Thee Well

Medieval Epilogue  

The Medieval Diet - Ye Village Bakery for Medieval Recipes 

Peasant Bread, a Medieval Recipe

Approximately 1,300 calories per loaf

This bread ‘tis both pure & simple, containing a mere four ingredients + water & cooking spray to deter sticking.  Thou must eat bread on same day that it bakes, as it will not keep long.  Leftovers may’st be frozen & reheated another day.

Ye Old Ingredients for this Medieval Diet Recipe

2 ½ - 3 Cups of Bread Flour

1 Packet of Active Dry Yeast

1 Teaspoon of Salt

1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil

1 Cup of Hot Water

Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Dump 1 cup of bread flour into large bowl, add water, salt & yeast.  Blend well by hand or mixer.  Add remaining flour 1 cup at a time till a rough ball of dough forms.  Thy may’st not need all of flour, so use thy head when mixing.

Knead dough on a floured surface for 15 minutes by floured hands. Add flour to dough if dough becomes sticky.  Place into a large deep bowl that hath been smeared with 1 Tablespoon of olive oil.  Turn dough ball to coat with oil.  Cover bowl with kitchen towel & place in warm spot in room.  (Keep cat away from tasty goody.)

Allow dough to double – about 2 hours of waiting.  Play hopscotch with a villager whilst thy awaits.  Punch down, shape & place on a baking sheet that hath been lined with parchment.  Again, allow to double in size – about 1 hour of waiting.

Place bread in pie plate sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Bake at 400 degrees in preheated oven till golden brown – about 45 minutes of waiting.

Additional Additives: Peasant Bread may’st also be brushed with an egg wash to bring about a shiny top to impress villagers that frequent thy quaint abode.  Or, brush with egg wash & top with any of the following during the last five minutes of baking: oats, poppy seeds, sesame seeds or a lite feather dusting of cornmeal.

Serve with no calorie refrigerated butter to save maximum calories.  Once thy tongue adjusts to the flavor of the butter spray, thy will crave tub butter nev'rmore.

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