In today's Claire Chats video, I talk about the fruit and vegetables that were enjoyed in the Tudor period.
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- Carrots
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- Alexanders
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- Good King Henry
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- Samphire
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- Norfolk Samphire
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- Salsify
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- Scorzonera (also known as Black Salsify)
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- Seakale
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- Skirrets
Notes and Sources
Skirret picture from https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/, Salsify picture from https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/salsify.
- Meet skirret, the long-forgotten Tudor vegetable
- Skirrets, the long forgotten vegetable
- Tudor Food
- How to forage and cook Alexanders
- https://natureandnurtureseeds.com/products/good-king-henry
- Breverton, Terry (2015) The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank, Amberley Publishing.
- Sea Kale Growing: Learn About Sea Kale Plants In The Garden
- Samphire, Wikipedia.
Gardens: eat like a Tudor- 1500s Food, British Library.
- Skirret: The forgotten Tudor Vegetable
- Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century
- What did people in the Tudor period eat?
- Wolf down a Tudor salad: Henry VIII would have got far more than his five a day thanks to the huge, elaborately garnished salads of the time, says a new book
- Flower Power: Cooking with Violets
- Food in Tudor Times
Thanks for this lovely talk and for answering my question by email and mentioning the sallets in your video of Catherine of Aragon. I will be going to my local grocery store tomorrow and ask for Good King Henry and see what happens. My salads are always made from wild rocket or spinach, a variety of fruit, nuts and herbs. As my diet means I eat a lot of them I am very creative. I will be having a go at a few new ones if I can get the ingredients. Cheers.