What poor Victorians ate?

Answer 1

The poor Victorians ate:

porridge

gruel

something like porridge, potatoes, cheese or bread they didnt have proper meals like the upper and middle class.

mostly rabit, gruel, bread, butter and cheese

They would eat potatoes , scraps of meat, gruel and potato soup.

cabbage soup

gruel,bread,butter,apples,onions and cheese

Gruel was given to destitute people in intistitions like the workhouse and prisons. It wasn't common for other people to eat this.

The diet of poor people in the Victorian age would contain almost twice the calories that we consume today because daily life was far more strenuous.

A working labourer might consume up to 5,000 calories a day if he had to walk several miles to his place of work.

For the poor, stew was the most common hot meal as many houses did not posses an oven and often there was only one pot, that was heated over the open fire. Offal (Kidneys, Liver, Hearts) was popular, containing high energy and strong flavours. Generally the poor ate cheaper cuts of Beef. Pork and Mutton (Sheep) when they could afford meat, thiose that the middle and Upper class would not want to serve. Neck of Mutton, Belly of Pork, Shin of beef. Potatoes and vegatables would be added to the pot and the stew eaten with bread spread with dripping (Animal fat) as a cheaper alternative to butter.

Chicken was considered a luxury until mass production after World War II made it much more affordable.

For the aged soup was often all they could consume as their teeth would have decayed, until chewing was no longer possible.

Fast food was popular with the poor as it required little preparation or preservation. Hot meat pies would be sold in the streets containing eels or minced mutton. The eels were also served in jelly. During the Victorian age fried fish and chip shops gained popularity and even after World War II (when they weren't rationed), fish and chips were a traditional Friday Night dinner for many working cass families. (Sparing mothers from preparing a meal before they spent the evening at the local pub).

Beer was very popular. Supplies of water were unhygenic so Beer was often drunk instead. Small beer being of low alcoholic content.

Water boiled for drinking was consumed as tea.

In later Victorian Times, the first processed foods began to appear on the market. Golden Syrup and Custard Powder opened up a world of traditional English desserts such as Treacle or Chocolate pudding served with Custard.

Beef Tea was considered to be a health food and was available in processed form as Bovril, after this was supplied to the French Army by a Scottish manufacturer during the Franco-Prussian War.

Answer 2

Rich Victorians ate grilled sheeps kidneys for breakfast or another choice.For lunch maybe they would have soup and for dinner they could have roast beef.

Poor Victorians are oatmeal gruel and porridge.They tried to make the food tasteless before the pore at it.

Answer 3

Nothing

Answer 4

nothing!

Answer 5

potato's cheese

Answer 6

no no dont touch me there

Answer 7

bread