What did people eat in Elizabethan times?

Answer 1

In Elizabethan times ( 1550 - 1600), after Queen Elizabeth (I) , people eat , fruit and vegetables in season, carrots, cauliflower, kale, beans , peas, cheese, eggs, butter, apples, Pears, grapes. duck , goose, chicken, beef, pork, mutton(lamb). bread. drank milk, water , beer and wine.

It is noticeable that they did NOT eat potatoes, tomatoes, and sugar, tea and coffee, not smoked tobacco.

Potatoes, tomatoes, sugar, tobacco was imported from the New World (Americas) at this time and wear still very rare. Tea came from India, and Coffee from Arabia, also very rare at the time.

Answer 2

Before Prince Albert, her husband died, she was not a vegetarian so ate a lot of meats like duck, chicken, beef and goose, but after Alberts deverstating death, she turned to a vegetarian

Answer 3

In the Elizabethan era, they ate toasted hazelnuts, sometimes sugarcoted if the person was rich, when they watched the plays in the globe theater.

they also ate things like vegetables, rice, very little meats, fruit and breads. they drank things like wine and beer and water.

Answer 4

she ate like a pig big time:)