The Canterbury Tales

          The Canterbury Tales is a middle-ages era text written by a man named Chaucer. Chaucer died before he could finish it, but it is still considered by many to be the most important piece of British literature today, as it vividly describes the life of people in the middle-ages. This story is about nineteen Pilgrims who go on a journey to visit the shrine of a martyred pope.

                                                                  The Cook

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            Chaucer doesn't have much to say about the Cook. He is an older man (I can guess because of his knee ulcer and career expertise), he makes amazing food, and drinks a lot. But Chaucer seems to put this man in a semi-favorable light because of his artful cuisines and refined palate.

            Lines 390- 394 "For boiling chicken with a marrow bone, sharp flavoring-powder and a spice for savor, he could distinguish London ale by flavor, and he could roast and seethe and broil and fry, make good thick soup, and bake a tasty pie."