- the variety of foods available today is far greater, especially in winter
- Spices available 1000 years ago were quite limited, today any supermarket will have 100 varieties from all around the world for like $2/satchel
- refrigeration allows safe storage of food
- Things like ice cream, chocolate, popcorn etc etc just did not exist.
So I think a "peasant" today CAN eat tastier and healthier food than kings of 1000 years ago... whether or not they choose to is another matter.
- the variety of foods available today is far greater, especially in winter - Spices available 1000 years ago were quite limited, today any supermarket will have 100 varieties from all around the world for like $2/satchel - refrigeration allows safe storage of food - Things like ice cream, chocolate, popcorn etc etc just did not exist.
So I think a "peasant" today CAN eat tastier and healthier food than kings of 1000 years ago... whether or not they choose to is another matter.