Medieval Information

Medieval kitchens were very especial. They frequently had a central heating system from which one could cook a meal by using the fire from it. Utensils for performing such tasks were washed in a scullery outside.

I once visited a castle's kitchen and I had a very odd sensation - I sensed it to be trembling. Of course, I later asked the castle's keeper about the feeling and he told me that it was rats causing that odd feeling.

With that information I can deduce that castle kitchens were of course full of animals which could sometimes spoil the food. I also noticed that the kitchen was actually not as pleasant as I had previously thought because it was pretty humid despite its central heating system. At least at the time it worked for its main purpose which was to distribute food among the castle's inhabitants, but there's no doubt as to why sanity was a major issue and health problems very common.