From traditional seaside holiday treats like candy floss, ice cream and fish ānā chips, to the British fascination for cooking and baking, the Victorian era has shaped British culinary heritage. Victoriaās austere attitude after an age of Regency indulgence generated enormous cultural change. Excess and gluttony were replaced with rigid tradition and morally upright values, and Victoriaās large family became the centre of the cultural imagination, with the power to begin new traditions. If Queen Victoriaās family sat down to turkey on Christmas day, so did the rest of the nation.Food was a significant part of the Victoriansā lives, whether they had too much of it or not enough. The destitute would be fed gruel in the workhouses ā the archetypal words of Dickensās Oliver are imprinted on our minds: āPlease, sir, I want some more.ā The burgeoning street traders spilling over from the previous century devolved into a whole new culture of āmudlarksā, trotter boilers, food slop traders and sewer ātoshersā, to name but a few. Wealthy Victorians feasted to excess on the newly emerging trend for breakfast, lunch and tea. Public dining became de rigeur, and, like the outdoor āpique-niqueā, introduced both controversy and a new way of eating.Victorians also struggled against many of these trends, with the belief that the control and denial of food were akin to healthy moral values. This was the era of cooking, educating and training in food management, combined with the old world of superstition and tradition, that changed British society forever.
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