To What Extent Did People Eat Vegetables in the Early Eighteenth Century?

Authors

  • Malcolm Thick Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28408

Keywords:

early 18th-century, diet, vegetables, United Kingdom, London, demand, consumption, commercial gardening, market gardening, Neat House Gardens, cottage gardens, gardening books, class, social. history, greens/cabbages, Old Bailey records, forced vegetables, exotica

Abstract

The article aims to demonstrate that vegetables, for both rich and poor, by both necessity and choice, were a frequent part of a daily diet (especially in London). 

Author Biography

  • Malcolm Thick, Independent Scholar

    Malcolm Thick is a garden and agricultural historian with a particular interest in vegetables and market-gardening. His biography of Sir Hugh Plat came out with Prospect in 2010.

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Published

2014-02-01

Issue

PPC 100 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Thick, Malcolm. 2014. “To What Extent Did People Eat Vegetables in the Early Eighteenth Century?”. Petits Propos Culinaires, February, 21-44. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28408.