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The daily diet of the Knights Templar was anything but monotonous. On certain days, they feasted upon meat while adhering to a largely vegetarian regimen on others. For this episode, the decision was made to prepare meat—a dish that would allow for an exploration of various spices familiar to the knights during their crusades in the Holy Land. The host references two primary 14th-century French sources about the preparation of fresh wild boar and a unique sauce known as cameline.