Just in case you thought there was a golden age of veggie eating
Charles Darwin had to pay extra to have vegetables when he was a student at Cambridge University. But then he was a rich young man.
Charles Darwin had to pay extra to have vegetables when he was a student at Cambridge University. But then he was a rich young man.
Shameful. Really shameful when he probably could have gone foraging and saved a pretty penny.
And all the other hired services he paid for! Astonishing. Looks like he needed a wife (sic).
Now if he had gone to university at Virginia Tech he could have had his hand held to get even that much more ahead by taking dining etiquette classes!
From ape to man.
From man, to Diner At Table.
Still hasn’t happened, in some instances.
You can see what he is likely to have eaten from a slightly later date and the following link to his wife Emma’s recipe collection.
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR214.(0-157)&viewtype=image&pageseq=1
But great topic title, Rachel, anyway. Reminds me of the children’s books series ‘The Golden Books’. Filled with cute little locomotives that talk and such.
Apparently around here where I live the farms grow cows (meat) as opposed to vegetables because the land is best suited for growing grasses, not vegetables.
I wonder if the White House lawn is suitable for grazing some steer. They are rather wonderful-looking.
Funny. I had forgotten about his wife’s recipe collection. Though I do seem to have read a review somewhere recently about it.
Apparently he did find someone to cook for him and take care of him! Well . . . not unusual then and not unusual now, really.
But I’m sure there must have been some sort of Metamucil type thing for the guys who could not afford veggies or who could not find wives to cook for them during that time period.