What did the monks eat? That is an intriguing
question. Despite, or perhaps because of, the
strict rules about food, they showed great
ingenuity and imagination. Sometimes they
were allowed to improve their monotonous
diet with the flesh of aquatic animals.
This is when their creative cooking was fully
tested. Apart from fish and crabs, their feast
menus included uncommon food such as
frogs, otters and even beavers. A rather
amazing and unusual selection from today's
perspective, isn't it?