Most Tudor people ate quite well. The rich people had better food than the poor people.

The main part of each meal was meat. They ate:•Beef•Lamb•Pork•Poultry•Rabbit•Deer•Goat•Wildfowl

Rich people even ate swans!

Everyone, by law, ate fish, not meat, on Fridays and during Lent.

Until the 1580’s, vegetables and fruit were less popular. By the end of the century there were many more vegetable and fruit gardens, and many new varieties were available, but only for the rich.

From Europe came raspberries and gooseberries.

From America came peppers, pumpkins and potatoes.

The rich ate bread made of flour. The poor people ate bread made out of rye or ground acorns.

Rich people would not eat these because they thought that they were poor people’s food.

This came from Asia and was very expensive and hard to get. Honey was more usually used to sweeten food.

The rich drank wine from France and Spain. The poor people drank ale, cider or buttermilk.

Food and Drink

Most Tudor people ate quite well. The rich people had better food than the poor people. Rich People They ate a lot of meat. They ate _______ on Fridays and during Lent. They ate vegetables and fruit. They ate raspberries and gooseberries from _________. They ate peppers, pumpkins and _______________ from America. They ate bread made out of _________. They used ________ to sweeten their food. They drank _________ from France and Spain. Poor People They ate more garden vegetables and fruit. They ate butter and ________. Rich people thought that they were poor people’s food. They ate bread made out of rye or crushed ___________. They used _____________ to sweeten their food. They drank ale, ___________ or buttermilk. sugar honey wine fish

Europe acorns potatoes flour cider eggs

Food and Drink

Most Tudor people ate quite well. The rich people had better food than the poor people.

Rich People Ate lot meat swans Ate fish Fridays during Lent ate vegetables fruit raspberries gooseberries Europe peppers pumpkins potatoes America bread made flour sugar sweeten food drank wine France and Spain

Poor People ate more garden vegetables and fruit less meat ate butter and eggs rich people butter and eggs poor people’s food bread made rye or crushed acorns used honey sweeten their food drank ale, cider or buttermilk