In 16th century england you truly were what. Everything from the number of dishes eaten to the ways in which food was served was dictated by status. The rich nobility enjoyed lavish feasts of meat seafood and sugary treats while yeomen and labourers were restricted to a diet of bread pottages and vegetables.
What how and where people ate in tudor times depended greatly on who they were. Salmon sallet for fish days salmon and onion salad with violets from thomas dawson s the good huswifes jewell 1585 1594 and 1596 editions colours and presentation were extremely important at the rich man s table especially when demonstrating one s wealth and therefore power to guests. The poor would have eaten a herb flavored soup called pottage which would be served with bread.
The menu below shows what the wealthy would have eaten. Beyond freshness the sort of tudor food consumed was largely determined by one s social class. The tudors therefore relied on fresh food.
Food could not be transported nor could it be frozen. The fresh water fish included eels pike perch trout sturgeon roach and salmon. Fish was eaten by people living near rivers and the sea.
Potatoes tomatoes peepers maize and turkey. Towards the end of the tudor period new foods were brought over from the americas e g. These pages have been discontinued and integrated into the glossaries section.
Refrigeration did not exist and some foodstuffs may have been imported but nowhere near on the scale of modern western imports. The food available to the people in britain during the tudor period was far more limited than is available to modern people. Diet in tudor england food part one guest post by p.
Brussels sprouts were grown in europe in the 16th century but they were rare in england.
Tudor england food. Tudor food is the food consumed during the tudor period of english history 1485 1603. The common vegetables used in the tudor period were onions and cabbages but nearer the end of the tudor period new foods were brought over from the americas such as tomatoes potatoes and peppers. But some of them were produced. Tudor england food and drink.
Everyone in tudor england ate bread and cheese the only difference between classes was the quality of bread and cheese. The cheapest bread was called carter s bread. It was a mixture of rye and wheat. The middle classes or prosperous tenants ate ravel also called yeoman s bread and made.
Henry viii s kitchens at hamptoncourtpalace were the largest of tudor england. Though currently closed we re bringing their historic tastes smells into your homes from 12 1pm tomorrow food. A history of food and drink in tudor england. In tudor england meat was a luxury.
However vegetables were cheap. Tudor vegetables included cabbages onions cauliflower cucumbers leeks lettuce spinach carrots and turnips.
Tudor vegetables included cabbages onions cauliflower cucumbers leeks lettuce spinach carrots and turnips. However vegetables were cheap. In tudor england meat was a luxury.
A history of food and drink in tudor england. Though currently closed we re bringing their historic tastes smells into your homes from 12 1pm tomorrow food. Henry viii s kitchens at hamptoncourtpalace were the largest of tudor england.
The middle classes or prosperous tenants ate ravel also called yeoman s bread and made. It was a mixture of rye and wheat. The cheapest bread was called carter s bread.
Everyone in tudor england ate bread and cheese the only difference between classes was the quality of bread and cheese. Tudor england food and drink. But some of them were produced.
The common vegetables used in the tudor period were onions and cabbages but nearer the end of the tudor period new foods were brought over from the americas such as tomatoes potatoes and peppers. Tudor food is the food consumed during the tudor period of english history 1485 1603.
