Tudor Poor - Cookery
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Description of food eaten by the poor in Tudor times.
Description of food eaten by the poor in Tudor times - includes nettle soup. Also Tudor cooking by the poor and the types of food eaten by farm workers.
From:
Zig Zag Tudor Life Food A Housewife's Story
First broadcast
:
05 October 1998
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : History
Topic : Tudors and Stuarts
Keywords : Tudors, Tudor cookery, Tudor kitchen
Notes : Can use clip to look at Tudor eating habits - how would today's pupils like to eat Tudor food? How was life for the poor? Was it very different from the life of the wealthy? Could look at how the poor's' diet lead to health problems
