Status

I found it really interesting just how much status dictated life. There was this neat story a paper talked about how there was this rich young man who decided to eat whatever he wanted. So he chowed down on barely and porridge (the food of the lower class). Subsequently he turned into a robber and later, after being caught by the law, regretting partaking of the serf's food. The story so linked food into personality and how if you eat outside of your birthrights bad things will happen. As if you'd be breaking the laws of nature by eating it.

There was another neat story, where a god came down and stayed over night with different couples and nine months after his stay a baby was born. The poor couple produced an ugly, bent man, who ate dark bread.The noble couple produced a handsome, strong, brave soul who dinned on meat and wine. As if the food went hand in hand with all the personality components.