1. Aims
 Aims
– To investigate the Viking farm
– To find out about some of the
food Vikings ate
– To find out where the Vikings got
their food

2. Something you maybe didn’t
know about the Vikings…!
 A Viking warrior could become close
friends with another by cutting himself
and rubbing his cut against the cut of his
friend so their blood would mix. They
would be “Blood Brothers”! The mixing
was often done under a circle of soil cut
from the ground. The soil would mix with
their blood and become mud!!! 

3. The Vikings at Home
 From Noggin’s homeland and
what you have been taught
so far, what can you
remember of where the
Viking’s lived?

4. The Viking Farm
 Viking farms were
quite pathetic!
 Although the land
was beautiful the soil
in Scandinavia was
not very fertile – not Usually there would be the longhouse
much could grow. where the family slept.
There would sometimes be a separate
 Crop yields were low kitchen, otherwise the Viking would
cook in the longhouse and smoke
would escape through a hole in the
roof.
There was sometimes also a Blacksmith
hut attached to the Viking’s farm

5. If barley and oats were all Vikings could
grow…where did they get the rest of
their food???
Fishing in the fjords and keeping cattle and goats which grazed on the side of the
mountains enabled the Vikings to supplement their diet of barley and oats.
Keeping cattle and goats also ensured that the Vikings could eat butter, cheese and
buttermilk – these were full of vitamins and ensured the Vikings stayed healthy.
Poor farming conditions were one of the main reasons many Vikings left
home.
They used their skills as seamen and warriors to find land elsewhere.

6. Herring!
Being skilled seamen Viking ate a
LOT of fish.
HERRING was their favourite and
every year when the Herring
passed down the coast of Norway
the farmers would drop everything
and rush out to sea.
They would bring home
THOUSANDS of fish to feed their
family, the fish was very precious to
them as it gave important vitamins
to the Vikings.

7. Vile Viking Food
 How would you like to eat a Cauldron
Sausage spiced with thyme and garlic
Snake?!?
 During bad winters (MOST winters!) Vikings
would eat anything they could catch!
 Including…
Wild Boars, Foxes, Polar Bears, Seagulls,
Walrus, even WHALE!!!

8. Viking Menu
 Remember…!
– Vikings used NO forks,
– Sometimes they used small spoons,
– Mostly they ate with their hands and knives
Items to choose from on your menu…
Porridge (NO sugar!) Whale Herring Moose Polar Bear
Cheese Butter Seagull Bread
Ravens Foxes Beer
Mead (alcoholic drink made from honey and water)

9. Next lesson… Build a Viking Ship!!!