Oatmeal is a breakfast treat around here - we usually have it Christmas morning every year, and thereafter whenever we feel like taking the trouble of setting it up.<br/>It's easy, and it's filling and most people can dress it however they like. And, I find it does have a smell. Hard to describe, but it's 'food', and it smells good. ^^;<br/><br/><br/>I generally expect 'medieval kitchens' to have a supply of staples, and depending what's in the dooryard/who's been to market recently, there might be eggs, cheese and bacon in addition to butter root vegetables and some herbs. Without refrigeration, milk doesn't keep well out of the cow/goat, so unless someone knows how to do that (and there is such a beastie), or there is/was a morning delivery, I didn't expect to find any. Water and some variant on 'beer' or cider to drink. Andi mentioned jam, so I'm guessing there are preserves, and a nosy elf would probably have found those without too much trouble.<br/><br/>Before someone goes, 'ooh! fellow SCAdian' .. no, no I'm not. I just collect a lot of tidbits about how kitchens used to be run. >.>