B&M Catering will help design a medieval banquet where guests can eat and drink to excess! Menu options perfect for colleges, corporate events, school organizations.

medieval banquet

Step back in time to the Middle Ages and party like it’s 1399!

If you enjoy tales of King Arthur and Camelot, damsels in distress and knights in shining armor. Or are fascinated with “Game of Thrones”, you will revel in our Medieval Banquet.

This is a perfect theme for a very special and out-of-the-ordinary occasion or corporate office party.

Prompted by the Crusades, society during the Middle Ages became fascinated with beautiful & and exotic objects from afar.
This interest extended to dining, resulting in large gatherings with elegant and colorful food arrangements and unusual flavorings.
Traditionally, the King and Queen were typically the hosts, and as a result, a Great Table was set in the Banquet Hall.

Furthermore, the hosts seated guests in order of importance next to the King and Queen.
The meal began after servants presented bowls of water for guests to wash their hands.
People did not use forks; instead, they commonly used their fingers, spoons, and bits of bread as utensils.

And guests didn’t have to worry about where to put their bones and scraps, they just threw them on the floor!

The dishes were excessive, consisting of three, four, five, and even six courses.
Everyday jellies, breads, pies, fritters, roasted pigs, and poultry, vegetable stews and soups were accompanied by unusual animals such as peacocks, seals, porpoises, and whales.

Jellies and custards were dyed with sandalwood for fiery red, saffron for a hot yellow and boiled blood for blackish color.
But the table’s most visually appealing dishes featured unique sugar sculptures known as sotiltees (or subtleties).

These were sculpted into intricate forms of ships, castles, nature and famous people of the time. Because the banquets could span many hours, there was entertainment between courses from musicians, minstrels, actors, fools, jesters, acrobats and other performers.

So, what say you fair gent or maiden? Would thou likest to eat like a queen and king?

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Here’s a sampling of B&M’s Medieval Banquet menu:

  • COARSE LOAVES WITH SHARP CHEDDAR AND FRUIT
  • POTATO LEEK POTAGE
  • (Optional Bread Bowls at $1.99 / Bowl)

Followed by:

  • KING HENRY’S LEG OF FOWL  (ROASTED TURKEY LEG)
  • BEEF ON THE RIB
  • PLATTERS OF ROASTED PORK WITH A GARNISHED PIG’S HEAD CENTERPIECE (OPTIONAL, AT NO ADDED COST)
  • SKIRRETS & PASTERNACKS – CARROTS, ONIONS, & PARSNIPS IN A LIGHTLY SPICED BROTH
  • FRESH APPLE CIDER MAY BE SERVED COLD OR WARM WITH CINNAMON STICKS
  • FRUIT OF THE FOREST PIE MADE WITH APPLES, RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES & RHUBARB (WITH WHIPPED CREAM)

Please contact B&M’s catering and cooking specialists to help design your fairy tale medieval banquet where your guests can eat and drink to excess!  
We can also provide you with some entertainment vendor suggestions.

Until then, fare thee well!

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