Elizabethan Food by Mary McLaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0 By: Mary Kathryn & Katie en-us 2018-12-12 17:08:43 UTC 2018-12-18 18:09:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Background s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313939737 -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)]]> 2018-12-12 17:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313939737 Utensils/ How They Cook s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313939998 -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¨)]]> 2018-12-12 17:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313939998 Rich Civilians Diets s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940268 -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¨)]]> 2018-12-12 17:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940268 Lower Class Diets s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940384 -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¨)]]> 2018-12-12 17:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940384 Drinks s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940519 -Rich drank ale & beer

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

-Poor drank ale

-Ale or beer safer than water]]> 2018-12-12 17:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940519 Desserts s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940656 -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 ]]> 2018-12-12 17:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313940656 Bad Harvest s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313956093 -Surplus of rain ruined crops

-Insects and rodents ruined harvests ]]> 2018-12-12 17:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313956093 Citations s_mary_mclaughlin https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313991475 Elizabethan era, www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/old-elizabethan-recipes.htm.
“Elizabethan Era Foods and Recipes.” Elizabethan England Life, www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/elizabethan-food.html.
“Elizabethan Food.” ELIZABETHAN ERA, www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-food.htm.
“Elizabethan Food.” Queen Elizabeth 1, www.elizabethi.org/contents/food/.
“Food and Your Lifestyle.” Life in Elizabethan England 9: Weddings and Betrothals, www.elizabethan.org/compendium/46.html.
“Food in Elizabethan England.” The British Library, The British Library, 17 Feb. 2016, www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/food-in-elizabethan-england.
Forgeng, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Elizabethan England. Greenwood Press, 2010.  
Hinds, Kathryn. The Countryside. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2009. Print.
Nair, Sharmila. “Shakespeare and Bake: Elizabethan-Era Food.” Star2.Com, Star2.Com, 23 Apr. 2017, www.star2.com/food/food-news/2016/04/23/shakespeare-in-love-with-food/.
“Snack Foods.” Life in Elizabethan England 9: Weddings and Betrothals, www.elizabethan.org/compendium/48.html.

]]> 2018-12-12 18:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/313991475 Fun Facts! s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315227200 -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¨)]]> 2018-12-17 16:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315227200 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315269446 2018-12-17 17:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315269446 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315270160 2018-12-17 17:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315270160 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315270528 2018-12-17 17:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315270528 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315271057 2018-12-17 17:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315271057 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315272879 2018-12-17 17:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315272879 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315274249 2018-12-17 17:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315274249 s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315275396 2018-12-17 17:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315275396 Introduction s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315613859 -Elizabethan´s ate similarly to present day 
-Emphasized use of sugar
-Loved desserts]]> 2018-12-18 17:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315613859 Conclusion s_katherine_beachum https://padlet.com/s_mary_mclaughlin/gdfxcdf2lec0/wish/315616676 -Elizabethan diet mirrors ours
-Rich ate wider variety of foods
-Many of desserts came from Elizabethan era

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