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2007-08-11 22:38:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You're talking about five continents over three centuries. I'm looking forward to a sharp Brit naming an item that would have been common to all. Otherwise you must be more definitive in your question.
2007-08-11 23:01:40 · answer #1 · answered by Caretaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wealthy ate very well, the poor anything they could get - same as before the British Empire, after the British Empire, and now.
2007-08-11 23:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by no_bloody_ids_available 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They ate a lot of fish and meat prefably when it was rancid,the meat I mean. They ate puddings but not the kind we eat today,theirs was usually stuffed animal skins or blood puddings or the puddings had a lot of brandy in it. They also ate a great deal of cheese ( Lewis Carrol got his idea for the Chesire Cat from the town of Chesire which was noted for it's cheese, they would put the cheese into a press and when the wheel of cheese was removed there would be an imprint of a grinning cat on it) they also ate bread of course, though for the poor it would be black bread. The poor people ate a pie called Umble Pie because the meat in the pie was made with the umbilical cords of animals (that was all they could afford and where we get the saying Eating Humble Pie from) . So the English ate too much meat not enough vegtables and drank too much as well. In the nineteenth-century it was said that there was a pub on every street corner. And it's also why the English aren't known for their culinary skills.
2007-08-11 23:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by Bronte 1512 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Limes, besides meat and veggies, the British ate lots of limes (vitamin C) to help stop scurvy while at sea. That's why they were nicknamed " Limey's ".
2007-08-12 00:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Louie O 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What did who eat? In what time period? What country do you mean? Who are you referring to with the word "they"? Are you aware that the English still have colonies, in their Commonwealth, like Australia and New Zealand as they both have governors and a governor general This means the English still have an empire.
I think you need to be specific
2007-08-11 23:45:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Excuse me ?
Meat, fish, vegetables, fruit etc - you know, the usual stuff.
They didn't have microwave ready meals.
2007-08-12 00:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
food.
2007-08-11 22:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by Capt Blackie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋