help please my son has a tudor day at school,?

Question

my son is going to sulgrave manor which was built in the tudor times so for there luch they need to take food what was eaten in the tudor times and no plastic (as it was'nt invented so i neen to think of alternatives) any help please.

Answer 1

Luckily for your son the Tudors ate quite well, lots of meat and big banquets as well as the arrival of new foods from the newly discovered americas such as Potatos, turkeys and Chocolate.

So basically just fill his lunch box with some nice big bits of meat, maybe some potatos (i would cook them first) and maybe even a bit of chocloate

Answer 2

One major point of tudor meals was that often the plates were made of bread, this bread was then thrown to the servants.
Also remember forks were not used and eating with fingers was common.
But as Tudor times was English then the food of the rich was basically english game.
Duck, Pheasent, Deer, Swan, Boar etc. and veg was what was found in England around that time, remember Potaoe was discovered by Elizebeth 1st so can be classed as late Tudor.
Fish was popular, Carp and Salmon were all around, and infact it was a law for a time that you could not server your apprentice Salmon too often, it was that common.
Cows, Pigs and Sheep were also being reared and remember they ate most of the animal :)

Answer 3

Tudors ate a lot of meat, including swan and hedgehog, but, as hedgehog butties might not be appropriate, try these sites for some ideas;-

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history3.htm

http://www.mape.org.uk/curriculum/history/tudorfood.htm

Also, the book 'The Terrible Tudors' has info about food and some simple recipes.

Answer 4

Pie. Easy. Any kind of pie will do- but pork-pie or minced beef is fine.

And historically accurate- the Tudors and pre-renaissance English mastered pie-making as a means of preserving food prior to refigeration.

There you go.

Answer 5

Fruits. Bananas are my favorite. btw did you know that tomatoes are the #1 selling fresh fruit? true beans

Answer 6

fruit grows on shrub or vines and fresh vegetables grow in the floor.

Answer 7

Roast Chicken torn and eaten with their hands. Fruit, and Grape Juice to look like wine.

Answer 8

I was thinking a bread roll , a chunk of cheese and an apple ,wrapped up in a clean piece of cloth.
Hope he has a nice time.

Answer 9

the link below has some tudor recipies for you

http://www.tudortimes.com/recipes.htm

you could use wooden bowls and tie them in cloth

Answer 10

How about some fresh veg, cut into bite size, like cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots;why not a sandwich?some boiled eggs?