TUDOR FOOD

James Wright Yr5

This drawing of these tudor family at their dinning table. there is a parrot on the table, there is a dog on the plate in the far right and left

of this portrait.

This what the rich tudors would be eating for most of the time especially Henry the VIII. there are two pheasants in the background

as well.

Poor tudors would not have this food unless they had a rich relative

that was generous and caring.

Tudor Banquet Menu

Course 1Quarter of a stag marinated in salt.

Stuffed chicken loin of veal

Course 2Shoulder of a roe deer

Pig head

Course 3Plaited bread

Roasted pheasants

Course 4Roast lambOranges

Course 5PreservesPastries

Drinks Wine Ale Milk

Questions About Tudor Food

• How does Tudor food differ from modern food ?– Cooked over an open fire spicy, colourful and lavish very

rich and not very healthy.

• What common ingredients from today did the Tudor not have?– Preservatives and potatoes'

• What did they use instead ?– Ate meat in season or pickled it. Poor people ate turnips,

beets, carrots.

• What curious customs did Tudors have around food?– Lavish decorations, such as peacock feathers or

decorating tables as lawns complete with with tents, meals lasted for 3 hours or more.

• Where did their ingredients come from?– Food purchased in markets, but lots came from France

the new world and asia.

• How did Henry’s food differ from common peoples?– Henry had a much greater variety of food, but with less

vegetables than the poor.

Questions About Tudor Food Cont