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what food is easily available to the poor and hence looked down upon has changed significantly over the years. people used to be embarassed to have to eat lobs
by steanne 7y ago
what food is easily available to the poor and hence looked down upon has changed significantly over the years. people used to be embarassed to have to eat lobster.
- Gibbon1 7y agoFriend of mine has a masters in Medieval sociology. He said one of the places he studied there was a law that you couldn't feed your servants salmon more than X days a week.
- molmalo 7y agoSome time ago I watched this video: What Did Peasants Eat in Medieval Times? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w) I was surprised to learn that some food we nowdays consider expensive was very low-class back then, and viceversa, as availability and costumes changed over time. Salmon being one of the examples. I recommend that series of videos if you like this kind of stuff.
- Gibbon1 7y agoMy mother said her 1958 cookbook she got as a wedding gift suggested that 'budget conscious' (meaning poor) housewives could consider cheaper types of meat like salmon. My ex's family if I can tell were immediately descended from impoverished sharecroppers. Grandma picked tobacco when she was a little girl. Her family when they had money ate badly cooked steak a couple of times a week. Definitely a class thing. My family being pretty much solidly middle class and from California that sort of thing just wasn't.