Victorian Food

Poor vs. RichBy: Lauren andAnnika

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Poor: Breakfast•Most poor people would eat

toast and eggs for breakfast.• They couldn’t afford much

food.

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.

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.