Anglo-Saxon Banquet

Clad in beautifully designed costumes with attention to every detail Year 3 pupils from St Bede’s Prep School completed their Anglo-Saxon studies with a fine feast. The pupils entered the dimly lit banquet hall and sat at long tables bedecked with the most wonderful spread of typical Anglo-Saxon food so cleverly researched and provided by the school chef.

The menu started with pease pottage and village bread followed by a main course of roast ox, chicken drumsticks, hard-boiled eggs and root vegetables. The feast was then completed with sumptuous orchard fruits and cheese. All this was eaten from wooden bowls and platters with wooden implements and accompanied by several tots of mead (which was actually honey and apple juice!)

Riddles, a favourite form of mealtime entertainment for Anglo-Saxons, were asked at intervals throughout the feast and duly appreciated by a crescendo of table clattering with wooden spoons!

Such ambitious tastes and appreciative appetites have never before been witnessed at Year 3 lunchtime, and it could definitely be said that a thoroughly good time was had by all!