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From Food in Medieval England: Diet And Nutrition:
"At Glastonbury Abbey, we know how much came from the monastic garden, and the calculation can be made that garlic supplies were sufficient for a monk to have three cloves of garlic per day."

Date: 2009-08-27 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-i-m-r.livejournal.com
Only three cloves a day? You'd starve :-)

To help with celebacy?

Date: 2009-08-28 03:38 am (UTC)

Only 3?

Date: 2009-08-28 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dame-cordelia.livejournal.com
What a dreadful thought!

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