Tudor Food
We are currently researching all about the different foods that Tudors ate.
Here are some useful links that cover a range of topics:
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/tudors/tudor-food
www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/food.htm
www.the-tudors.org.uk/tudor-food.htm
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/1426-vegetable-pottage.html
http://primaryfacts.com/476/tudor-food-and-drink-facts-and-information/
http://www.elizabethi.org/contents/food/
Where did Tudor food come from?
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/food.html
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/tudors/farming-in-tudor-times
What did the poor eat?
Rich and poor tudors ate very different foods from each other.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zdc4d2p
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/1407-tudor-low-table-meal.html
What did the rich eat?
The link below will take you to a great BBC documentary all about preparing for a Tudor feast. This is one to watch at home as it is quite long!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeqnGvHNlV0
Other links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zjbg9j6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqaa3fZVtas
What was a Tudor kitchen like?
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/tudorkitchen.html
http://www.sixwives.info/tudor-kitchens.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwr68gROYM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9igI-O2ENKs
Do you want to bake like a Tudor?
Here are some links to sites that will tell you all about baking in Tudor times:
http://tudortimes.co.uk/daily-life/bread-oats
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/1406-bread.html
Below are a selection of links which will take you to Tudor recipes if you want to have a go yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIu1x-Tme44
How did the Tudor diet affect people’s health?
Tudor diets weren’t particularly healthy and often caused problems for their health. The water was polluted and could be very harmful, the sweet fatty diet consumed by the rich caused their teeth to rot and the rubbish dumped outside houses encouraged rodents which spread the plague!
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/32-339-tudors-Health-facts.html