Breakfast was not a big meal and consisted only of bread and ale. The main meal, dinner, came around 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning. Supper, a smaller meal than dinner, was served in the evening. In addition to meats, castle dwellers ate chicken, turkey, gulls, starlings, pigeons, swans, peacocks, and larks. When available, herring was also eaten. They ate many fruits and vegetables like onions, peas, cabbage, leeks, apples, and pears.