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Nobles usually ate two meals during the day. The first was dinner at midday. Then there was supper in the evening. They did not have breakfast in the morning because they did not need to fuel labor, and they wanted to avoid breakfast to avoid the sin of gluttony, or the appearance of it. So they broke fast, or breakfasted, on a full meal with soup, fine bread, fish, meat, pastries, vegetables, and so on, at about noon.

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They hunted, the serfs and peasants on their estates grew crops and they also had to give them a percentage of their personal crops, they had farm animals that gave them the milk and cheese, they bought from local farmers, some of the taxes were paid with food. If they were near a river they would charge the boatman a part of his load for the use of the river. They would steal it when they were at war.

2nd answer: There are some inaccuracies in the above. In the fields of a particular village some of the land would belong to the lord, some would be held by the peasant farmers. Unfree peasants owed labor to the lord, up to two days per week, which would be spent working his fields. The product of their own fields was theirs to keep, although there were taxes and fees in addition to the labor obligations, some of which were paid in goods. Most of a noble's food came from his own lands, animals, and gardens. His lands were worked by peasants, but peasants were not necessarily giving a percentage of their crops to the lord.

Luxury foods not available locally would have been imported for the wealthy. In Northwestern Europe that would include things such as spices, almonds (a favorite flavoring), and rice.
European nobles of the middle ages like the trade fairs because they felt it helped the citizens connect and unite.

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