Viking Food Guy

In response to a challenge from Kaðlin, here’s a quick list of some of my go-to sources on Viking food. If other folks have favorite Viking food related sources, I’d love to hear about them. Also, if this is something people are interested in I’ll post more. Astill, Grenville, and John Langdon. Medieval Farming and [...]

This weekend my friend Eulalia and I are going to try “Viking trekking”, or backpacking in the wilderness using only (or at least mostly) Viking appropriate gear.  I’ve been making some oilcloth for shelter, gathering wool blankets, fixing up my Viking shoes, etc.  I’ve also been prepping the food I’m going to take with me.  [...]

Last night I tried my rendition of Ålandskt svartbröd without the modern ingredients.  The result came out looking like this I used Peter Reinhart’s method for whole grain breads, so I made a separate starter and soaker on Tuesday evening.  The soaker was whole grain wheat flour, salt, and filmjolk.  The starter was rye flour, [...]

Vikings. Barley malt syrup as a sweetener. Discuss.