edwardian feast

Breakfast
Porridge
Sardines on Toast
Curried Eggs
The amounts eaten were amazing, and all that… MEAT was just really mind boggling. The frequent belching, farting and occasional throwing up was… well ok, let’s forget that part. . )

 The Edwardian period saw the start of  British food brands that had their start in the Edwardian period - Typhoo Tea, Perrier, Cadbury’s Milk Chocolate, Marmite and (briefly) Oxo.Also Abroad
 . For instance, Perrier, which was a company founded by an Englishman, managed to sell the idea that French mineral water was much superior. They put as much emphasis on the design of the bottle as with anything else. This was also the era when celebrity endorsements became a critical part of marketing 

- Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole for instance was laden with free food from various companies eager to see their brand associated with such a heroic - and well-publicized - undertaking.

 Marmite . The company was actually started by a Swiss, which makes me wonder if Cenovis or Cenovis-like products existed before Marmite in Switzerland. (On a related note, it’s interesting that two of the world’s leading dessicated soup base companies are Swiss - Knorr and Maggi.) Marmite is a by-product of making beer, and was originally sold as a soup stock base. What’s more, it was marketed to vegetarians as an alternative to beef tea, which was tremendously popular at the time for health reasons. (This explains why invalids in old novels are often fed things like beef tea and jellied veal. I’ve always wondered how Edwardians ate so much.

Lunch
Sauté of Kidneys
Mashed Potatoes
Rolled Ox Tongue
Macaroni Au Gratin
Tea
Hot Potato Scones
Coconut Rocks
Madeira Cake
Bread and Butter
Toast
Dinner
Oyster Patties
Sirloin Steak
Braised Celery
Roast Goose
Potato Scallops
Vanilla Soufflé


Grilled Cutlets
Coffee & Chocolate
Bread & Butter
Honey