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It's not a good idea to judge articles by their headlines. Typically, the headlines aren't written by the author. The article itself says that breakfast became
by graeme 12y ago
It's not a good idea to judge articles by their headlines. Typically, the headlines aren't written by the author.
The article itself says that breakfast became a more regular occurrence due to longer, fixed workdays. Some people ate breakfast before then, it just wasn't a set routine the way lunch and dinner were.
- azernik 12y agoIn fact, says my quick text search, the string "Tudor" does not show up once after the headline.
- dghf 12y agoBut the thrust of the article is that in England eating breakfast became the norm during the 16th century, a period almost coterminous with the rule of the Tudors (Henry VII took the throne in 1485; Elizabeth I died in 1603).
- brusch64 12y agoMy grandparents were farmers - and they've always had breakfast. They had to get up early to milk the cows. I don't know their exact morning routine, but they had breakfast before or after milking the cows in the morning (I would say before milking the cows). I think breakfast works pretty well for a farmer's livestyle. So I wonder, if this is really the big exception. And there was always a break in the morning (at 9 o'clock) from a "second breakfast" - or a small lunch break.