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-Elizabethan diet mirrors ours
-Rich ate wider variety of foods
-Many of desserts came from Elizabethan era

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-Elizabethan´s ate similarly to present day
-Emphasized use of sugar
-Loved desserts

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-Breakfast- ¨breaking one´s fast on arising¨, NOT a formal meal! (¨Queen Elizabeth I¨)

-Dinner- lunch, saying ¨lunch¨ was informal (¨Food in Elizabethan England¨)

--Queen Elizabeth I- law to eat fish on Wednesday, Friday & Saturday (¨Queen Elizabeth I¨)

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-Surplus of rain ruined crops

-Insects and rodents ruined harvests

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-Gingerbread cookies & cakes

-Gingerbread men called ´gingerbread husbands´

-Marzipan was sweetened almond paste shaped and colored (¨Shakespeare and Bake: Elizabethan-Era Food¨)

-Fruit pies, sweetened with sugar & almond milk (¨Shakespeare and Bake¨)

-Sweet cakes

-Puddings, cheesecakes & custard

-Flavors/spices used:  ginger, nutmeg, cloves, rosewater & almond (¨Shakespeare and Bake¨)

-Only rich ate desserts

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-Rich drank ale & beer

-Beer flavored with hops (¨Food and Your Lifestyle´)

-Poor drank ale

-Ale or beer safer than water

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-Couldn't afford red meat

-Ate white meat: chicken, rabbit, hare, & fish (¨Queen Elizabeth I¨)

-Bread staple food eaten with cheese, eggs & pottage (¨Queen Elizabeth I¨)

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-Fish & seafood:
salmon, trout, eel, crab, lobster & oysters (¨Elizabethan Food. Queen Elizabeth I¨)

-Meat:
beef, pork, lamb, mutton, bacon, veal, deer & foul (¨Queen Elizabeth I¨)

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-Brick ovens, pots, spits, knives, pot racks, pan hooks, frying pans (¨Elizabethan Era Foods and Recipes¨)

Cooking Styles:
-Spit roasting, baking, boiling, smoking, salting, frying, & cooking over flame (¨Elizabethan Era¨)

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-Common to make pies for special occasions/festivals

-Lower class citizens did not eat meat

-Visual appearance of food & smell=important

-Used peacock feathers & orange zest to enhance meals (¨Elizabethan Era Foods and Recipes¨)

-Food & drink varied due to status & wealth

-Ate breakfast (6-7 am), dinner (midday), supper (5-6 pm) (¨Elizabethan Food. Elizabethan Era¨)

-Ate huge amounts of food to help survive

-Ate similar to how we do, uses lots of sugar

-Climate mild enough for apricots, figs, & grapes grown in south (Forgeng 64)