Food at the Table of the Later Stuarts. A Coronation Feast of James II
Lecture at the conference: The Power of Taste. Europe at the Royal Table | Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
Viernes 5 octubre 2018, 15:00Pasado
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Throughout the 17 th century in England there was a growing fascination with food from mainland Europe. It was fuelled by political events, like the royal marriages of Charles I to Henrietta Maria in 1625, and of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662, as well as forced exile in France and Holland of many supporters of the royalist cause during the Commonwealth. Besides, new foods had already made their way from the Americas. Fruits such as bananas and pineapples came in from Africa and Asia and tomatoes were introduced. From the 1640s, the English, along with the Dutch and French, began establishing sugar colonies in the Caribbean islands. Tea was made popular by Catherine of Braganza and in the 1650s, coffee became widely drunk in England. French cuisine enlivened the English palate by flavouring food with anchovies, capers and introducing coulis, roux, ragouts and fricassee. Thanks to the Europeans, the English realized that it was safe to eat raw fruit and vegetables. Even so, traditional English food retained its popularity. The English still tucked into their cakes, pies and puddings. The coronation of James II, which took place on 23 April 1685, was a spectacular event followed by the feast which impressed everybody present in the Westminster Hall. The coronation feast was a huge event with an extensive menu, which included hot and cold dishes and room for spectators in the galleries above tables. We know every detail of the coronation day from Francis Sandford, the Lancaster Herald of Arms who left meticulous account of the proceedings and described the dishes served. In my presentation I am going to show if and to what extent the menu was influenced by the novelties coming from outside England.
Andrzej K. Kuropatnicki, Pedagogical University of Cracow
Conference Programme: https://bit.ly/2MbrCOG
The conference is organized in frame of the project “A Place at the Royal Table” project developed by the Network of European Royal Residences for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.
lecture, conference, food history, Old-Polish recipes, culinary, adults i Wilanów
