Beaver Tail
During the Medieval times, most everyone adhered to the rules of the Catholic church. As such, they didn’t eat meat on Fridays – but they could eat fish. Interestingly enough, a beaver tail was considered a fish, since it was scaly. It seems like maybe they could go the one day without meat, but I guess when you just gotta have something, beaver tail will do the trick.
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Black Teeth
Oh, how the times have changed. Nowadays, people spend thousands of dollars getting their teeth straightened and whitened. Back in the 1500s, however, black teeth were considered a status symbol. Sugar had just become available in Europe, and people liked to show off that they could afford it. They purposefully let their teeth rot to prove how much sugar they could afford. Some people even took to painting their teeth black to give the appearance of affording sugar.
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White Bread
in the 1800s, it was very important and stylish to have extremely white bread. Sometimes, however, even the best baker couldn’t get it quite right. So, a lot of bakers resorted to adding alum in order to play up the whiteness of their bread. Unfortunately, alum is toxic and thus made people pretty sick soon after ingesting the bread. But hey, and least it was popular, right?
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Toast Sandwhich
Perhaps one of the most puzzling dishes to ever grace the face of the earth is the toast sandwhich. It is pretty much exactly what you’d expect – there is a buttered slice of toast with sald and pepper, placed between two regular pieces of bread. Some people were so bold as to add beans or carrots into the mix.