What food did the peasants have in the Middle Ages?

Peasants in the Middle Ages became a semi-dependent population. Their class was infringed on their rights and freedoms, so they led a more modest life. They ate what they could grow in their fields and exchange at fairs. Due to the fact that in many countries in the early Middle Ages subsistence economy reigned, the lower strata had to be content with grown products. The peasants ate bread, vegetable soups, canned food, fish, meat on holidays. They also drank milk and water and observed fasting.