The Mammoth Book of How it Happened in Britain by Jon E. Lewis

Author:Jon E. Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780337289
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WAR: RULES ON EATING FOR THE RICH AND POOR, 23 JULY 1795

The Times

During the war against revolutionary France, there were periodic attempts to introduce food economies (and better behaviour) in Britain.

The Way to Peace and Plenty

Rules for the Rich

1. Abolish gravy soups, and second courses.

2. Buy no starch when wheat is dear.

3. Destroy all useless dogs.

4. Give no dog, or other animal, the smallest bit of bread or meat.

5. Save all your skim-milk carefully, and give it all to the poor, or sell it at a cheap rate.

6. Make broth, rice pudding, &c., for the poor, and teach them to make such things.

7. Go to church yourselves, and take care your servants go constantly.

8. Look into the management of your own families, and visit your poor neighbours.

9. Prefer those poor who keep steadily to their work, and go constantly to church, and give nothing to those who are idle, and riotous, or keep useless dogs.

10. Buy no weighing meat, or gravy beef: if the rich would buy only the prime pieces, the poor could get the others cheap.

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