Victorian Food
Poor vs. RichBy: Lauren andAnnika
Rich: Breakfast• The rich ate huge breakfasts.• Typically the rich would eat a nine course breakfast, but each course was petite.
Rich: Lunch•Slightly smaller lunch.•A few hours after, the rich would drink tea and eat little cakes.
Rich: Tea• Drinking tea became a culture.• The rich would drink tea, they called this
tea “low tea”.• When the rich would drink tea they
would usually eat little cakes.• They would drink tea in the middle of the
afternoon because there was a long break between lunch and dinner.
Rich: Dinner• Most of their dinner was locally
pickled or preserved.• The five basic foods that were
used in their meals are: potatoes, milk, flour, mutton, and bread.• Some meals from this time are:
calves foot jelly, flour soup, broxy (sheep), and saloop.
Poor: Fun Facts• Most poor people were skinny
because they didn’t get much food.• Few had ovens, most had to rely on
open fires.• Men had the worst diet because they
didn’t have a lot of time to eat the right foods.
Poor: Breakfast•Most poor people would eat
toast and eggs for breakfast.• They couldn’t afford much
food.
Poor: Lunch• The staple food for the
common poor lunch is white bread and high tea.• High tea was more common
because there were more lower class than upper class.
Poor: Dinner• For dinner the poor would eat
soup with: onions, meat, butter, and cheese.• Their diet was usually limited
to dry bread and butter.• They had beef on special
occasions.
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