Set #1: Delicious Food Production!

Just a look into the wonderful world of meat production!
(Below is boiling, one of the techniques we used)
For the experiment we used Beef roast and Cod.

First we prepared the water with a yummy mix of cloves, cinnamon, cumin. 

Aerial shots are aesthetically important! 

The beef broth had the same seasoning!

Our delicious meat boiling away (The fat settled on the top, perhaps good for the Viking figure?)

Beef in the process of becoming delicious. It made the beef very tender. Stewing with vegetables would of been even more desirable to add to the taste.

Fish was harder to cook than we expected! It fell apart more easily in the water and it was incredibly hard to tell when it was actually cooked.

Being professionals, we use professional tools to make sure the beef was cooked! It is noted however that Vikings would not of used a meat thermometer.

The boiled meat was all done! 

We found it easier to cut than the roasted and it was easier /faster to make as well.

The fish was less aesthetically pleasing, but fast to cook, and it took on many of the flavours from the broth.

More pictures of the roasted samples
As well as  video of the taste test to come!
For some more interesting info on Viking cooking check out

http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/food_and_diet.htm
Marissa Toner