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1/12th Scale Tudor Kitchen Food
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.
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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