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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pagan priest" data-source="post: 3434422" data-attributes="member: 7650">The choices would be both seasonal and regional.  (Assuming that the world is actually advanced enough to have regular inns and food serving taverns, that is.)  Most places would have only a couple of options at best, many places would have only one option at a meal.  If you are not there at meal time, you get to wait until the next scheduled meal time.  The kinds of things that would be served would vary wildly, but some staples might include:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a bowl of porridge</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a bowl of stew, or soup... may have bread along with it, may be served in a bread trencher</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">meat pie...either a handheld pie, or a slice from a round pie</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">loaf of bread and a hunk of cheese</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a pickled egg or two</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">sausages</li> </ul>Higher up the socioeconomic ladder, there would be more choices and better choices.  At a tavern that feeds wealthy merchants for lunch there might be a choice of meat stew, roast chicken or sausage.  Even an inn or tavern that serves nobility as its regular patrons would still have only a couple of choices, they would just be well presented.One important fact to remember... there were no cooking shortcuts available, everything has to be made from scratch.</blockquote>