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got inspired to draw some victorian desserts from reading some 19th century books!
#dessert#desserts#cake#pie#christmas pudding#jell-o#jell-o cake#Victorian food#Victorian dessert#food art#illustration#food illustration#dessert illustration#19th century food#victorian#artists on tumblr#digital art
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from Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (orig. published 1861; above from the 1888 edition)
#mrs beeton's book of household management#mrs beeton#isabella beeton#victorian era#19th century#food history#antique cookbook#cookbook#victorian food#victorian cookery#19th century food#historical cooking#victorian cooking#history#old cookbook
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Okay, great points made about 'medieval' English food (love those cookbooks) - but let's not gloss over the bit about 'poor people in Victorian England'?
I feel like people's views on Victorian food as referenced in this way are almost entirely down to Lionel Bart's Oliver! And while that musical slaps (ask me how I know (yes I played both Oliver and the Artful Dodger in 2 separate productions)), it is not good historical evidence for social historical understandings of 'poor Victorian's attitudes towards and consumption of food'.
Not every poor Victorian person was in a fucking workhouse. And even more pressingly, not every poor Victorian person was a Dickens character.
It would be like gesturing at the food served in other semi-carceral institutions in modern day Britain, or indeed America, (in which the food provided is less than delicious and often less than nutritious as well), and saying 'all poor Brits ate like that every day all the time'!
Those hyper-local forms of food referenced in the medieval literature above (herbs, weird fish, specific coastal foraging shit) didn't just... vanish. If you want to read more about 'poor peoples' Victorian' food, may I suggest this article, or this one on working-class diets, or even this introduction to food and drink in the 19th century.
And if you're more into watching your social history, please enjoy the Victorian Farm series. Ruth Goodman's a very well-regarded social historian focused on food and domestic life. The series covers production of food, recipes, and much more on Victorian England. Here's one freely accessible episode on Youtube, but it's also on Prime and... available through arrr matey means.
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tfw you see some stupid post that paints medieval peasants eating just plain grey porridge and acting as if cheese, butter or meat was too exotic or expensive for them, and have to use all your inner strength to not just reblog it with an angry rant and throwing hands with people. so i will just post the angry rant here
no, medieval people did not only eat grey porridge with no herbs or spices, they had a great variety of vegetables we dont even have anymore, grains and dairy products, not to mention fruits and meats, all seasonal and changing with the time of the year. no, medieval food was not just tasteless, maybe this will surprise some of you but you can make tasty food without excessive spice use, and can use a variety of good tasting herbs. if you'd ever tried to cook some medieval recipes you would know that. medieval people needed a lot of energy for their work, if they would only eat fucking porridge all of the time they would get scurvy and die before they could even built a civilisation. they had something called 'pottage' which was called that because it was cooked in one pot. you could leave the pot on the fire and go about your day, doing stuff and come back to a cooked meal. they put in what was available that time of the year, together with grains, peas, herbs, meat etc etc. again, if you would try to make it, like i have with my reenactment friends, it can actually be really good and diverse.
dont confuse medieval peasants with poor people in victorian england. dont think that TV shows what it was really like. dont think that dirty grey dressed people covered in filth were how the people looked like.
they made use of everything. too poor to buy proper meat? buy a sheeps head and cook it. they ate nettle and other plants we consider weeds now. they foraged and made use of what they found. hell, there are medieval cook books!
most rural people had animals, they had chickens (eggs), goats (milk and dairy), cows (milk and dairy), sheep (milk and dairy) and pigs (meat machine), and after butchering they used ALL THE PARTS of the animal. you know how much meat you can get out of a pig, even the smaller medieval breeds? the answer is a lot
if you had the space you always had a vegetable garden. there are ways to make sure you have something growing there every time of the year. as i said they had a variety of vegetables we dont have anymore due to how farming evolved. you smoked pork in the chimney, stored apples in the dry places in your house, had a grain chest. people could go to the market to buy fish and meat, both fresh and dried/smoked. they had ale, beer and wine, that was not a luxury that was a staple part of their diet.
this post ended once again up being longer than i planned, but please for the love of the gods, just actually educate yourself on this stuff and dont just say stupid wrong shit, takk
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It is well known that some persons like cheese in a state of decay, and even 'alive'. There is no accounting for tastes, and it may be hard to show why mould, which is vegetation, should not be eaten as well as salad, or maggots as well as eels. But, generally speaking, decomposing bodies are not wholesome eating, and the line must be drawn somewhere.
-- Page 95, Isabella Beeton, "The Campaign for Domestic Happiness"
#isabella beeton#the campaign for domestic happiness#victorian#victorian food#mrs beeton's book of household management#cookery#cheese#historical cooking#food history
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History Hit - What did working class people eat in the Victorian era?
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It's been a hot second since I've seen a picture of a Victorian mustache cup on here so look at this one in all its glory
This is a sippy cup. You just invented a sippy cup for manly men who want to go to tea parties and not feel emasculated by drinking too fast and getting their perfectly coifed mustaches droopy I can't
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#cottagecore#country aesthetic#vintage#victorian#retro#romantic#cottage#aesthetic#naturecore#flowers#food#💙#🩵#moodboard
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looming majestically and slightly out of focus in the background during the attempted execution scene fitzjames my beloved
#the terror#the terror amc#james fitzjames#my posts#but no really he looks so good here#peak 'sickly victorian' but before tipping into 'actively dying'#though he does also look so waifish#someone get him some lead poisoned tins of food
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[applies for an even somewhat decently-paid job for which I am amply qualified, though the institution has rejected me for multiple other jobs in the past]
well time to look at Victorian houses within commuter rail distance on Zillow since I will clearly be able to pay a mortgage and restore that Completely Gutted No Appliances kitchen very soon!!!!
#personal#'nobody can afford Victorians in Massachusetts' untrue!#nobody can afford IMMEDIATELY LIVEABLE Victorians CONVENIENT TO BOSTON#and goddamnit I Am That Fool who would live in Ayer or whatever and heat my food in a microwave in the living room for a month#just to have Dream House#the second someone offers me $50K/month or more
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I know people sort of stopped talking about the whole "victorian child vs modern fast food" debate a while ago. but I was scrolling your page today and Machete really looks like he would NOT survive a big mac
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#he would survive but he wouldn't have good time#I think anything with that health level and portion size would make him feel really unwell#answered#anonymous#it's not hardto distress him with food but if you aimed for maximum damage#you could try something extra spicy#give the victorian child some sichuan takeout
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Goblet, mid 1800s, Russia.
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currently reading the ministry of time by kaliane bradley and i'm really enjoying it. i have such a soft spot for time travel love stories but this one having a half-cambodian present day protagonist and discussing the collapse of british empire and colonialism through her relationship with one of the real life guys who died of frostbite in season 1 of the terror is really doing something for me
#the scene where she introduces this victorian sailor to southeast asian food. all time#also the prose is stunning
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My cute cake theme this year vs last year~
#blush's birthday#birthday cake#1.18#sanrio#cinnamoroll#victorian#cute aesthetic#cute#kawaii#kawaii divider#kawaiicore#pink aesthetic#pink#pink divider#pink moodboard#mood board#pastel#sweets#food
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Clara & a partial inventory i drew during my Victoriocity relisten for the final day of @podcastgirlsweek!
#podcastgirlsweek#victoriocity#clara entwhistle#victoriocity fanart#fanart#my fanart#mine#food cw#death m#not pictured: a dozen pens. various handbooks on both crime and crime-solving. Disguise Ribbons.#maybe i'll update it when i finish s3 i need to draw a billion informational pamphlets on their competitive rates#i'll be honest the main reason for drawing this is the little bird locket... <3 fanart that makes you google Victorian London Pet Birds#they're supposed to be starlings btw i found a 19th century Girls' Own Pets proclaiming those to be The most appropriate choice
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Its been a while since I updated this little project but heres the dealio. I got "mysteriously" sick for the last 2 months and it kinda halted my work on getting this thing physically printed. BUT IM BACK and ready to start this up again. I'm really hoping i get everything done by Jan. or very latest feb (mostly anticipating for holiday slow down)
In the meantime i got a few questions on my interest check asking if i would offer a digital version of the zine. and the answer 2 months late is YES I WILL YOU CAN GET IT NOW ACTUALLY ON MY GUMROAD OR KO-FI HURRRAYYYYYY!!!! 🥳🥳 GO CHECK IT OUT ITS $3
GUMROAD | KO-FI
#the art of a lemon wedge#homumiko#baroryuu#otasune#feel like a fucking#victorian woman in a novel the way i got sick for no reason those months#vertigo. brain fog. parts of my body would go tingley. and for 2-3 hours at a random time of the day my entire body would just feel BAD#idk else how to describe it cause it was not pain#i could not predict what would trigger those 2-3 hours of BAD and it seemed to change every day#and then some days i wouldnt get them but i would still get vertigo and brain fog whenever i would go to bed#anyways#IT WAS THE WATER#STUPID LA WATER BLEH BLEH#I WENT TO TEXAS TO VISIT FAM FOR A WEEK AND ALL MY SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY#-_-#and now im on a strict distilled/purified bottle water diet#i cant even eat food thats been boiled in whatever the hell gets put into the gallons at the store.....sigh#BUT IM BETTER#and ready to get back into it#:D
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Halloweenie Papyrus themed board, please? It would bring me much joy! ^•ﻌ•^
Papyrus Halloween themed stim board!!!
Hohoho, I've been sabotaged!!! Rats!!! I hope no dastardly fiend were to suggest another Halloween stim board that I would HAVE to post before midnight...
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#this anon actually requested this before i mentioned people could sabotage me so this one is not so dastardly (unless they want to be)#undertale#stim board#undertale stim board#papyrus#papyrus undertale#halloween stim#skeleton stim#skull stim#vampire stim#fang stim#teeth stim#fashion stim#victorian stim#Frankenstein#zombie stim#hand stim#food stim#neon stim#tw hands#tw food#tw skeleton#tw skull#tw teeth#tw fangs#tw dog#❤️undertale stim#❤️character stim#❤️requested stim
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