The Vikings primarily subsisted on a diet of meat and fish obtained through hunting and fishing, which they would preserve through smoking, drying, and salting to last through the winter months. They supplemented their protein with bread made from grains like rye, wheat and barley, as well as vegetables grown locally and wild berries. While they drank beer brewed from barley and mead, their staple beverage was water. They used simple tools like clay bowls, wooden spoons, knives and drinking horns during food preparation and consumption.
2. The majority of a Vikings diet consisted of meat and fish
Farming and fishing
Smoked, dried and salted meat, prepared in summer for the winter
Bread- rye, wheat and barley
Vegetables grown in fields nearby and berries collected from forests imported
Cheese sometimes made with surplus milk from cows
Made things
3. Milk from cows, goats and sheep
Water
Drank lots of beer
Beer made from- barley and mead
Strong liquor- fermented juice
4. Hand crafted
Clay or soapstone to make bowls
Hung over fire
Iron hooks and chains used in the process of hanging fish and meat over the heat
Used spears for tender meat
Wooden bowls
Spoons- horn or metal
Ate with knives and spoons but no forks
Drank from hollow horns
