MERRY GOURMET MINIATURES
1/12^th Scale miniature replica English
Food from the Medieval, Tudor,
Georgian and Victorian times.

Tudor Dining Foods


Tudor Kitchen Foods


Georgian Dining Foods


Georgian Kitchen Foods


Victorian Dining Foods


Victorian Kitchen Foods


Market Baskets
thru  the ages

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The peasantry and lower classes ate little more than
bread and pottage, which is a stew of vegetables and herbs
cooked in one pot, with a little meat of some kind added, if available, which wasn't often.  Soft cheese was made if they
kept a cow and eggs if they had a hen or two. Almost all
but the very poorest kept a pig which once slaughtered was
able to provide some fresh meat for immediate use and joints
were smoked for later consumption.

Apart from fire dogs, cauldrons, roasting spits and griddles
which were made of iron, forged by the local blacksmith,
most cooking utensils were either wood or terracotta clay. 
Food was cooked over an open fire, very few people had an
oven and if they had it, was built in beside the fireplace and
could be used for bread and pies.  Serving dishes for the
main table were wooden trenchers (plates) and bowls or if the
household was a prosperous one, pewter or even silver, with
glazed earthenware such as jugs and serving platters.  Forks
were unknown, everyone ate with a spoon and a knife.

Spices played a large part in the kitchen, the Tudor palette
liked a combination of sweet and savoury flavours and
delicately spiced sauces for their meats, quite often these
sauces were based on fruits such as redcurrants, gooseberries,
barberries, sloes (wild damsons) quince, apples, oranges
and lemons. A lot of native fruits were also  pickled in their
season to be eaten with roast or baked meats throughout
the year; as were oranges and lemons. Housewives also used
every part, of every animal, not only in cooking for the family
and servants of the household, but also for household items
like bone and horn for spoons and leather for shoes and
clothes.

 

All our miniature food items are hand made with slight variations in colour and texture. All items shown are for dolls house food and miniature food collectors, they are not toys and are not suitable for small children. care has been taken in the production of our replica food but some substances used may be harmful to small children.