The Tudor Kitchen: What The Tudors Ate & Drank 〈iPad〉

: A thick, slow-cooked soup or stew made from vegetables, herbs, and grains like oats or barley. Brown Bread : A coarse " Carter’s bread

Royal kitchens, like those at Hampton Court Palace , employed over 200 staff across 55 rooms to feed hundreds of people daily. The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors ate & drank

Used to show off wealth. Sugar was imported from Cyprus and the Mediterranean, used even to sweeten meat. The Poor & Working Class : A thick, slow-cooked soup or stew made

Mainly salted pork (bacon) or whatever they could catch, like What They Drank : A thick

" made from rye, barley, or even ground acorns in lean times.

Used by the poor to boil pottage over a central fire.