Dining With Queen Elizabeth
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I chose the topic of cooking and food during the Renaissance because that is what I like to do.
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I found lots of interesting facts on the internet that I did not know about before. One website, however, had a long list of foods eaten. A portion of it was foods that people in England did not eat at that time. I had to be careful that I did not include these with the other foods. Instead, I had to make a separate column consisting of food that the people did not eat, but came later in history. The two that I found most interesting, were the tea and potatoes. I thought that these were main food sources back then, until I realized that these must have come later in history. Most likely, the potatoes came from North America and the tea leaves from India.
Another bad lead I found while online, was Wikipedia. I did not look at the website at first. I did not use this information, because Wikipedia might not be as reliable as other websites.
I think the best lead I found was a website on kitchen equipment during the Renaissance. Not only did it include several courses eaten, it also went into depth on as to what was used to prepare the meals.
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Have you ever wondered just what was eaten during the Renaissance Period? Food was a main staple in daily life back then, even more so than today. The array of food eaten was immense; they had from roast swan, to turnips and olive oil. Throughout the course of my search, I have answered three burning questions. They include: What types of foods were eaten during the Renaissance period? Who helped prepare the food? Did meals and servant numbers change depending on their rank? The people during the Renaissance had three main meals.
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...ke it dry instead of boiling it to make it more moist. The servants who helped the main chef roast the animals could control the how it was cooked by moving the spit with gears or pulleys to move it away from the fire or toward the fire. Usually, joints of big animals or whole small animals such as rabbits or birds were roasted. According to Alder-France, “The less-fatty meats were larded and/or parboiled first to keep them tender. The whole animals were sometimes ‘farsed’ or stuffed, and all roasts were often ‘endored’ or glazed during the roasting (Adler-France).
The people raised pigs, chicken, sheep, and cows. They grew grapes to make into wine, olives, to make into olive oil, walnuts, apple trees, hunted for deer and birds, and fished for fish. The farmers grew wheat, oats, barley, rye, peas, onions, turnips, and beans for breads and soups (Plain, 51-54).
Have you ever wondered what people ate in the Elizabethan Era? The Elizabethan Era had foods that are in common with foods that we ate today, but there are a few different types of foods that they ate then that we don't eat now. This paper will tell readers the things that the Elizabethan Era ate, and their different eating times.
16 Helen McCully and Eleanor Noderer, eds., The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating and Drinking, II (n.p.: American Heritage Publishing, 1964), 537.
Queen Elizabeth had many different palaces, many workers for the palaces, and the many responsibilities of the workers. All the queen’s palaces were extremely ravishing with many embellishments inside the palaces. Lastly, the queen’s palaces had many interesting activities that took place in form entertainment in the palaces. Queen Elizabeth owned fifty houses and sixty castles in total but, "Elizabeth had 14 palaces in regular use at her disposal as well as numerous "stately homes" throughout England owned by noblemen and gentry.” Elizabeth owned Whitehall, the tower, Greenwich, St. James’s, Somerset house, the charterhouse, and Durham place. The night prior coronation, and Durham place was reserved for the ambassadors and guests (Olsen Para 1). Since Queen Elizabeth had many palaces and the palaces were magnificent and fascinating because the queens palaces were filled with many workers, the inside palace was spectacular, and there were many forms of entertainment.
Lambert, Tim. “EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.” localhistories.org. 2008. Web. 26 March 2011. .
In their daily activities they primarily attended to their live stock and crops and anything else their farm needed. They used the same old tools they had for centuries; the tools their ancestors developed. The whole family work literally all day as hard as they could. Even the children put in their part. The boys helped their farther with the crops and the girls helped their mother tend to the livestock and/or make food.
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For my analytical essay I've chosen the Renaissance art movement. I choose this movement because it played such a monumental part in European history. Basically, the Renaissance, also known as the rebirth, was a cultural movement that started an artistic transformation and started the scientific revolution. This time period also links the transition from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Modern Age. The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century and spread to northern Europe by the 16th century.
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farm as well as the pigs. They did not mind lying to the animals and
Distad, Merrill N. “Food and Diet.” Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1988. 304-307.
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