Tudor+food

TUDOR FOOD

Vegetables were considered to be the food of the poor and were not often eaten my rich Tudors. Poor people in the Tudor period would eat vegetables, bread and whatever meat they could find, such as: rabbits, blackbirds, pheasants, partridges, hens, duck and pigeon. They also used to eat fish caught from rivers and lakes.Rich even people ate Swans! The Tudor people ate a lot of fresh food because there was no way of storing food to be eaten later. There was no such thing as freezers or fridges in the Tudor times. They ate with fingers, knives and spoons. There were no forks. Poor people ate a herb-flavoured soup called pottage which would be served with bread. It was made of peas, milk, egg yolks, breadcrumbs and parsley and flavoured with saffron and ginger. mandybarrow.com || Tudor Food || They ate with fingers, knives and spoons. There were no forks. People kept animals all year round and would kill them just before they needed to be eaten. This meant that the meat was always fresh. To improve the flavour of games, such as deer, pheasant and rabbit, it was hung from the ceiling in a cold room for several days before eating. Three-quarters (75%) of the rich Tudor diet was made up of meat such as oxen, deer, calves, pigs, badger or wild boar. Birds were also eaten, such as chicken, pigeons, sparrows, heron, crane, pheasant, woodcock, partridge, blackbirds and peacocks. 75% of the Tudor diet was meat **Kept fresh**Some meat was preserved by rubbing salt into it. Bread was eaten at most meals. You could tell the class of a person by the bread they ate. Rich people ate bread made from white of wholemeal flour where as poor people ate bread made from rye and even ground acorns. Bread Fruit and vegetables were mostly eaten when they were in season and soon after picking. They ate fruits such as pears, apples, plums and cherries. Bananas and other fruits only grown abroad were not heard of during the Tudor times. Fruit and vegetables could only be eaten when they were in season The common vegetables were cabbages and onions. Towards the end of the Tudor period, new foods were brought over from the Americas e.g. || ||
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 * The Tudor people ate a lot of fresh food because there was no way of storing food to be eaten later. There was no such thing as freezers or fridges in the Tudor times.
 * Meat**
 * Bread**
 * Fruit and vegetables**
 * Kept fresh**Some fruits were preserved in syrup to make them last longer through the winter months.