ARN - Squires and Cadets et al.

[joe rummel]

In thinking about period taverns, we are better off picturing something like a modern British pub or a causal dining resturant with a bar (like chili's or benegan's) rather than what is usually portrayed in both good and bad period movies.  In the little reading I've done that has touched on the subject this seems to be the more accurate view.  I do think, however, that taverns/pubs would have been closely linked to the class of the partrons.  Upper class, middle class and peasents would not eat at the same places.

Benedict / Joe 


  amberd at flash.net wrote: 

Yes, very interesting. After your comment I did a quick perusal of a few web 
topics and came across a comment that taverns were concidered higher class than 
alehouses because wine (which was served in taverns) was more expencive than 
ale.

Amerinda


Benedict wrote:
> I recently read an article that was regarding the daily habits of the 
Elizabethan middle
> and upper class, not noblity. It stated that the vast majority of houses in 
the middle
> and upper-middle classes did not contain what we would regard as a kitchen. 
The article
> speculates that is was cheaper to 'eat out' than to cook at home due to the 
lack of any
> way to keep food w/o spoiling, while taverns/inns would be able to constantly 
get fresher
> food. At home foods would have been breads and easy to keep veggies (onions, 
turnips,
> ect) but meat at home would have been uncommon.
> Benedict / Joe


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