What would the world be like if the food that we eat was dictated by the social class system? The Elizabethan Era social class system dictated the diet of the poor and the wealthy. Similar to today, meal plans followed a strict and structured format, including multiple meals per day. In this time, there were more poor people than wealthy. Unlike today, there was no welfare to help the poor, but the government of. Tudor England became concerned because of the high number of the poor. The Elizabethan Royalty and Nobility were known by the people for their luxury banquets and meals. The most magnificent of all the banquets were the ones that were held by the royalty. Queen Elizabeth’s father was always in competition with the King of France
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Elizabethan average breakfast of all social classes was eaten at seven, which consisted of bean or pea porridge, cold meat, cheese, eggs, and salt fish. Many had to wake up get dress and eat in a hurry so they would not be late for work. Those who lived this kind of lifestyle ate some ale and bread because these were easy to eat in a hurry. Today there are a variety of foods, but in the Elizabethan time period they were still discovering different foods. They would eat, work, and then normally at around eleven o’clock they would eat lunch (Ross 1). Dinner, which was considered a formal meal, would be eaten when a break in work or school was given. Unlike today, the people of this time period did not have ovens in their house. Gentlemen often have there dinner “out,” which means he would go to the court and buy a fixed meal for a fixed price. The normal bought meal would include a plate of stew, loaf of bread, and a pot of ale. The men would normally bring this home to there family. The lower classes would bring food from home or skip out on a meal because they could not afford it. Supper was when the people would get together and cook and have a good time. Husbandmen whose work never ends may have supper as late as nine o’clock. This meal was severed between six and seven o’clock, with many forms of entertainment. This would not always be the case between all social classes. The lower class cannot always afford to entertain guest. The lower class would eat mostly bread, fish, cheese and ale, but the upper class ate well. They mostly ate meats such as lamb, beef, veal, and fowl such as peacock, swan and
Elizabethan average breakfast of all social classes was eaten at seven, which consisted of bean or pea porridge, cold meat, cheese, eggs, and salt fish. Many had to wake up get dress and eat in a hurry so they would not be late for work. Those who lived this kind of lifestyle ate some ale and bread because these were easy to eat in a hurry. Today there are a variety of foods, but in the Elizabethan time period they were still discovering different foods. They would eat, work, and then normally at around eleven o’clock they would eat lunch (Ross 1). Dinner, which was considered a formal meal, would be eaten when a break in work or school was given. Unlike today, the people of this time period did not have ovens in their house. Gentlemen often have there dinner “out,” which means he would go to the court and buy a fixed meal for a fixed price. The normal bought meal would include a plate of stew, loaf of bread, and a pot of ale. The men would normally bring this home to there family. The lower classes would bring food from home or skip out on a meal because they could not afford it. Supper was when the people would get together and cook and have a good time. Husbandmen whose work never ends may have supper as late as nine o’clock. This meal was severed between six and seven o’clock, with many forms of entertainment. This would not always be the case between all social classes. The lower class cannot always afford to entertain guest. The lower class would eat mostly bread, fish, cheese and ale, but the upper class ate well. They mostly ate meats such as lamb, beef, veal, and fowl such as peacock, swan and