Did the Elizabethan people grow their own food in their era? Yes they had to grow their own food in their era. Back then they had to grow their own food to. The reason for that was to provide for their family. Because then they didn't have food stores or markets where they could go get food for their family. If they didn't grow there own food they had to trade for goods or pay for them. They also had to provide for their kids and the rest of their family. That's why they had to grow and trade for their food in the Elizabethan era. The families grew particularly foods also. They grew corn, beans , they had chickens etc. The reason they had there own chickens are because they also produced eggs and also they could eat the chicken to. …show more content…
However, the Elizabethans did not know quite how to use or cook these foods to their optimum, so they were not as tasty as they could have been and tended to be kept as special delicacies. But also the poor people had to eat to! consisting largely of bread, fish, cheese and ale, but the rich of Elizabethan England ate well. All kind of meats were served such as lamb, beef, mutton, pork, bacon, veal, rabbit, hare, and fowl such as peacock, swan, goose, blackbirds and pigeon. They also ate different kind of freshwater and sea fish. Vegetables such as turnips, parsnips, carrots, onions, leeks, garlic and radishes were also eaten, and fruits such as apples, pears, plums, cherries and woodland strawberries. However, vegetables and fruits were regarded with some suspicion and it was far more common for roasted and boiled meat to be accompanied with