[post_page_title]King Henry VIII ordered his cooks to stop making his food in the buff[/post_page_title]
While it’s definitely true that the Middle Ages have gotten a bad rap in the popular consciousness for their standards of hygiene, certain accounts show that maybe there’s a grain of truth to this ugly rumor after all. Take the case of King Henry VIII’s cooks, for example.
The King had to issue a special decree, ordering those working in the royal kitchens from working au naturel, as the French say, or from sleeping on the kitchen floors. To make sure this actually happened, his officials were told to buy “honest and wholesome garments” for the staff.
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