Site Map Elizabethan England Food and Drink of Elizabethan England by Toya Gordan and Kenyatta Ruff People in the 16th century cooked and ate many different things. Many of the things that people ate in the Elizabethan Age were spiced with cinnamon, pepper, ginger, cloves, garlic, and galingale. People added herbs and spices to all kinds of foods like meats, puddings, and pies to bring out the flavor. Sometimes the meats were not fresh at all.
Fish is a good example.
When the people of the Elizabethan Age got fish, it was not always fresh, so they had to bring out the flavor by adding herbs and spices. The people of the Elizabethan Age ate eggs a lot. They used eggs in every possible way. With eggs they made omeletts, fritters, pancakes, and stuffings. They also used eggs as thickeners in sauces and stews.