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Castle garrisons were small. Even a large-ish castle probably didn't have garrison larger than 25 - 30. And food doesn't take that much space either. Consider
by aldarion 3y ago
Castle garrisons were small. Even a large-ish castle probably didn't have garrison larger than 25 - 30.
And food doesn't take that much space either. Consider how Age of Sail ships would spend months at sea without resupply, and how a castle has much more space available for storage. And even with medieval technology, you can make food that keeps long: salted, smoked or dried meat; dried fruit; marmelade; hardtack; and so on.
- inglor_cz 3y agoAlso, fodder for animals + live animals themselves. Fresh meat provided the defenders with nutrients, plus especially pigs are great "cleaners", they eat just about everything.