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The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank

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Did you ever wonder what the Tudors ate and drank? What used to be Elizabeth I’s first meal after the defeat of the Spanish Armada? Which pies did Henry VIII gorge on to head from a 32 to a 54-inch waist? The Tudor Kitchen provides a brand new history of the Tudor kitchen, and over 500 sumptuous – and more on a regular basis – recipes enjoyed by wealthy and poor, all taken from authentic up to date sources. The kitchens of the Tudor palaces were equipped to feed a small army of courtiers, visiting dignitaries and more than a few hangers-on of the aristocracy. Tudor court food purchases in only one year were no fewer than 8,200 sheep, 2,330 deer and 53 wild boar, plus countless birds such as swan (and cygnet), peacock, heron, capon, teal, gull and shoveler. Tudor feasting used to be legendary; Henry VIII even managed to provoke the French on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 with a twelve-foot marble and gold leaf fountain dispensing claret and white wine into silver cups, free for all!

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