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<h3>How would people from the Middle-Ages react if they ate a Big Mac?</h3>
<p>Answer provided by <a href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Matt-Riggsby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeology, Boston University</a></p>
<p>The average peasant would find it <strong>a bit odd but probably tasty.</strong> The bun would be relatively sweet for him (modern Europeans find American bread quite sweet, and a peasant unused to added sugar would notice it even more) as would the special sauce with its sweet pickles, the beef would be welcome if likewise sort of unfamiliar-tasting (it’d be salty, but the industrially-farmed beef would be intrinsically on the flavorless side), and the sesame seeds would be a nice exotic touch.</p>
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<p>The average aristocrat would have a similar reaction, but further find it rather bland and rich. The upper classes consumed foods with a lot of spices, a bit more like Indian or Middle Eastern food than what we eat now, and there’s very little of that in a Big Mac. </p>
<p>The fatty meat, the cheese, and the rich special sauce might be a bit much for some of them. On average, they wouldn’t hate it, but it likely wouldn’t become a favorite, either.</p>
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