Food In The Victorian Era

During the Elizabethan era various types of foods were eaten and extensive details were added to these foods. Social classes also played a big role in what the rich or poor ate.

On special occasions, bread or pancakes were baked. Men usually supplied meat: ham, venison, beef, salt pork, buffalo, rabbit, or bear. Settlers largely drank what we do today, but also foraged for delicious additions to their meals. They learned how to pick nuts and berries from the surrounding woodland, and sometimes purchased brown sugar, molasses, honey or salt. Available foods depended on location and season, so produce and game varied greatly from one area to the next.

Like the Romans the Normans introduced many new culinary skills to the British Isles but with the growth of the feudal system. It was mainly the aristocracy who enjoyed the new culinary innovations, while the staple diet of the peasantry remained to be then gruel accompanied by milk, cheese, butter, cream and eggs known collectively as white meats. Fresh meats and spices were the true mark of the rich man’s diet. After the Norman Conquest, beef again became the most popular form of meat and the number of cattle on the manor rose considerably in the decades following the Norman Conquest. It was the custom among the rich during the medieval times to host huge banquets in the manor house.

Often while waiting for stable work men would do seasonal work to support their families but once the season was over they would be left struggling to afford basic necessities like food and shelter. Children often were expected to work during times like this and work they did, doing some of the most dangerous and labor intensive jobs in Victorian

The biggest change over time in our eating habits has been how involved we are with our food. In the 1700s colonists grew many of their own crops and hunted their own game. Most individual families also had a dairy cow in their backyard, especially in New England. This was a tradition that they brought back with them from England. They would use the milk for cooking steamed puddings, cheeses, and custards. It also provided colonial families with fresh milk in the morning. Preparing meat was very laborious and difficult in the 1700s. Colonists had to prepare a dead animal, not just parts of it. The cookbook we read in class walked us through how to dress a turtle and the entire process of preparing it used to take hours. This shows that food would not have been made every day. Colonists had to grow their fruits seasonally and did not have the opportunities to go out and purchase what they did not have.

Once the colonists’ left England and arrived in North America, their diet changed dramatically. Instead of having the foods they were accustomed to, they had to adapt to fit their environment. The colonists were also accustomed to a regular eating schedule that they would soon have to change. The colonists would eat an early breakfast, an early dinner and a late supper, lunch were not included; however, all this schedule and way of doing things would soon change.

found more they liked. During the Victorian Era rich people are known for their eating. Hot cross buns were eaten on good friday, simnel cake was ate on motherings day, and plum pudding was ate on Christmas morning but they were ate on other special occasions to. Chefs during this time started making up recipes.

English fisherman always had an abundance of cod, herring, oysters and mussels ready to be exported. A large quantity of red meat was eaten by privileged families. Cookbooks from the prosperous families wasted little of the animal, and often had recipes for tripe, calf's feet, and lambs head. On the other hand less prosperous families dined differently.

Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English Protestants established a group referred to as the Puritans. The Puritans were resistant to bold flavors and intense ingredients, such as garlic, for these had “Catholic Continental political references”. This led to a distinguishable description of English cooking. (Amelia Meyers) Puritan meals and meal times are different from what we know today. Although the English from this time ate most of the same foods that we eat today, their selection was quite divergent from ours. In fact, citizens back then had an abnormal idea of what foods were healthy for them (Plimoth.org). The Puritans had several meal responsibilities; women were in charge of meal planning, and food preservation

Many dinners served had sweets like pie, apple pie, grapes, apple tarts, and fresh fruit picked from trees. Back in the Middle Ages a good dessert was any Tarts. They were made at many Medieval dinners that was served most times for the very special dinners that were made for the rich people that can have it mad e and have the supply. There were other tarts that were made with other fruits and different kinds of dough. English apple pie recipes go back to the time when Geoffrey Chaucer(the one who made it), who is believed to have written one of the first apple pie recipes in 1381 and served it to the rich and that how it became famous and a lot of people wanted eat it .

THESIS STATEMENT: During the Elizabethan era various types of foods were eaten and extensive details were added to these foods. Social classes also played a big role in what the rich or poor ate.

Even in the later period the majority of baking had to be done by bakers, as only the wealthy could afford ovens, this meant the rich could cook more types of food because they had the appliances to do so. In towns, which were congested, many people lived in lodging, consequently people in lower parts of society had small living spaces, with little, if any, cooking facilities, this affected the types of food they could cook. Due to the lack of facilities people would buy street food which was tremendously widespread in the medieval and early modern period, subsequently, lower classes ate a lot of prepared food. In London, ells were a common street food as were oysters; they were cheap everyday food "Despite being inexpensive, oysters were enjoyed by all classes. A 1772 recipe By Susannah Carter, "To ragoo Oysters," illustrated the more elegant end of the spectrum" however, as demand grew for them by the early twentieth century they were becoming more of a delicacy.

During the Victorian Era, which endured

Do you enjoy being young and privileged? Do you enjoy being able to play as much as you want? How does it feel, not having spend your childhood working in a factory? You have the chance to live freely, be a kid, go places, hangout with your friends, etc. Unfortunately, life wasn’t that easy in the victorian period.

The beginning of the Victorian Period marked when Queen Victoria ascended the British throne in 1837 for 64 years until her death in 1901. She was only 18 years old when she was queen of England. In this era, there was a time when England had political stability and strict cultural patterns. Peace among the society in England was characterized by this era. There was a control in the way that people act and interact due to the cultural rules that needed to be followed. However, people in the British Empire appreciated having the consistency of having one ruler for such a long time. In addition, people lived in villages and worked on the land in the time of this period. At the same time, there were a lot significant changes. For instance, there