Health and diet in Elizabethan England

The diet in England during the Elizabethan era (1558–1603), depended largely on social class. The rich ate meat and white bread, the poor ate dark bread. Everyone drank ale--water was often too impure to drink. Fruits and vegetables were seldom eaten. Rich spices were used by the wealthy to offset the smells of old salted meat.

Health and diet in Elizabethan England

The diet in England during the Elizabethan era (1558–1603), depended largely on social class. The rich ate meat and white bread, the poor ate dark bread. Everyone drank ale--water was often too impure to drink. Fruits and vegetables were seldom eaten. Rich spices were used by the wealthy to offset the smells of old salted meat.