What was a typical meal in the mid 1800's in New England?

Question

Hosting a meal in an 1830's house. Would like to make it traditional but cannot find any information on what types of meals were standard fare of the mid 1800's. Just thought of this and don't have much time (only 3 weeks) to plan.

10 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer.

Answer 1

If I remember my Upstairs, Downstairs correctly, roast beef with yorkshire pudding and gravy, roasted carrots and potatoes. But believe it or not fish and chips was introduced in 1858 and that could be fun and informal. I just wouldn't suggest mushy peas(I still have trauma from eating it when I lived in London). You could also consider meat pies, stewing meat, sliced thin and in pieces, layered with potatoes and turnips, seasoned with salt, pepper and a little bit of flour, wrapped in dough(make a hole in the top and pour a small amount of bouillon in, about 1 tab.?) and bake for a hour, hour and a half.

Below you can look at some recipes and options, the british diet is very simple and bland.

Answer 2

Well for the main course a chopped lamb gentalia. I'm not joking also a frog nest jew pie.

Answer 3

Pot roast with vegetables. Serve with bread. A simple cake for dessert. Tea for a beverage.

Answer 4

Near the coast seafood and lobster were very popular because they were very affordable- there actually was a law in Boston saying that you can't feed your servants lobster more than 3 times a week (I'm not sure about the exact number, but I think it's 3).

However, serving lobster today can get really expensive, so maybe you can do something that features lobster as an ingredient, not as the main dish.

Since a lot of the people in that area were of English descent, many of the dishes were still influenced by traditional English dishes-stews, game, traditional pies.

Cranberries are native to New England, and were very popular (they still are), as were blueberries.

Answer 5

Crumpets and tea?

Answer 6

Pot Roast - make sure to serve that with bread. For desert, just a cake. Sponge cake, Angel Food Cake, etc. Anything plain and simple. And for drinks, obviously tea. We British people love OUR tea. Pip Pip Cheerio. =]

Answer 7

Very nice idea :)

So far I have found that Cider was particularly popular then and food was cooked over an open fire during the 1800's and a lot of people "caught" their dinner.

I Will keep looking for more information

Answer 8

That depends very much on the season! People ate fresh food that was grown or raised nearby, for the most part. It also depends on the socioeconomic status of the eater, and whether they lived in a rural area, or in a city.

In the winter, farm people lived largely on root vegetables, salt pork, and dried apples in the winter. During the rest of the year they had a great variety of food available- here's a web site with some traditional recipes from that era:

http://www.foodbooks.com/recipes.htm

Answer 9

Good website for ideas:)

ttp://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcolonia...

http://www.1771.org/cd_recipes.htm