Eating with the Tudors

Food and Recipes

Brigitte Webster

• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781399092609
• Topic: Política y relaciones internacionales
• Subtopic: Política agrícola pública

Dive right into this extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes, from suckling pigs to pax cakes! Eating with the Tudors is an extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes that tell thestory of a dramatically changing world in sixteenth-century England.This book highlights how religion, reformation and politics influenced what was served on aTudor's dining table from the very beginning of Henry VII's reign to the final days ofElizabeth I's rule. Discover interesting little food snippets from Tudor society, carefully researchedfrom household account books, manuscripts, letters, wills, diaries and varied works byTudor physicians, herbalists and chronologists.Find out about the Tudor's obsession with food and uncover which key ingredients were the mostpopular choice. Rediscover old Tudor favorites that once again are being celebrated intrendy restaurants and learn about the new, exotic food that excited and those foods thatfailed to meet the Elizabethan expectations. Eating with the Tudors explains the whole concept of what a healthy balanced meal meant to the peopleof Tudor England and the significance and symbology of certain food and itsavailability throughout the year.Gain an insight into the world of Tudor food, its role to establish class, belonging and status and be tempted to re-create some iconic Tudor flavors and experience for yourself the manyvaried and delicious seasonal tastes that Tudor dishes have to offer. Spice up your culinaryhabits and step back in time to recreate a true Tudor feast by impressing your guests the Tudorway or prepare a New Year's culinary gift fit for a Tudor monarch.