Crop
Barley
Picture to come.
A hardy cereal grown widely across England, sown in spring on open-field and other arable land. Its main use was malting for ale: the grain was soaked, allowed to sprout and then dried. Barley was also eaten in pottage and baked into coarse bread by poorer households, and served as fodder. It was among the most important crops of the medieval economy.
Sources: museumofoxford.org · medievalists.net
Made by
- Harvest grain
Used to make
- Mill grain
- Malt and brew
- Brew (alehouse, half batch)