Victorian Food Poor vs. Rich

1. Victorian FoodPoor vs. Rich By: Lauren and Annika

2. Rich: Breakfast • The rich ate huge breakfasts. • Typically the rich would eat a nine course breakfast, but each course was petite.

3. Rich: Lunch • Slightly smaller lunch. • A few hours after, the rich would drink tea and eat little cakes.

4. Rich: Tea • Drinking tea became a culture. • The rich would drink tea, they called this tea “low tea”. • When the rich would drink tea they would usually eat little cakes. • They would drink tea in the middle of the afternoon because there was a long break between lunch and dinner.

5. Rich: Dinner • Most of their dinner was locally pickled or preserved. • The five basic foods that were used in their meals are: potatoes, milk, flour, mutton, and bread. • Some meals from this time are: calves foot jelly, flour soup, broxy (sheep), and saloop.

6. Poor: Fun Facts • Most poor people were skinny because they didn’t get much food. • Few had ovens, most had to rely on open fires. • Men had the worst diet because they didn’t have a lot of time to eat the right foods.

7. Poor: Breakfast • Most poor people would eat toast and eggs for breakfast. • They couldn’t afford much food.

8. Poor: Lunch • The staple food for the common poor lunch is white bread and high tea. • High tea was more common because there were more lower class than upper class.

9. Poor: Dinner • For dinner the poor would eat soup with: onions, meat, butter, and cheese. • Their diet was usually limited to dry bread and butter. • They had beef on special occasions.