In today's Claire Chats video, I talk about the fruit and vegetables that were enjoyed in the Tudor period.
Notes and Sources
Skirret picture from https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/, Salsify picture from https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/salsify.
- Meet skirret, the long-forgotten Tudor vegetable
- Skirrets, the long forgotten vegetable
- Tudor Food
- How to forage and cook Alexanders
- https://natureandnurtureseeds.com/products/good-king-henry
- Breverton, Terry (2015) The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank, Amberley Publishing.
- Sea Kale Growing: Learn About Sea Kale Plants In The Garden
- Samphire, Wikipedia.
Gardens: eat like a Tudor- 1500s Food, British Library.
- Skirret: The forgotten Tudor Vegetable
- Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century
- What did people in the Tudor period eat?
- Wolf down a Tudor salad: Henry VIII would have got far more than his five a day thanks to the huge, elaborately garnished salads of the time, says a new book
- Flower Power: Cooking with Violets
- Food in Tudor Times