The details from this excerpt support the inference that meat was consumed only by wealthy Elizabethans. many Elizabethans resis
ted the idea of eating more meat. fish was still a more common staple than meat in Elizabethan diets. Elizabethans’ attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.
Red meat was expensive, and only the rich could afford it
Explanation:
The Elizabethans ate three meals a day like anyone else, the meals varying from a chord to their riches among families. Poorer people could only buy vegetables and white meat such as fish, chicken and rabbits while the rich could eat red meat more consistently. In 1563 Elizabeth created a law that compelled everyone to eat fish meat every Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays by encouraging the fish industry and reducing the fish price to the poor.
Answer: Elizabethans’ attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.
Explanation:
Many Elizabethans resisted the idea of eating more meat. In 1593 many households begin to eat meat in Lent and on Fridays and Saturdays, if the head of the household wishes to do so, even though it is still technically against the law.
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