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From: "David Perry" <>
Subject: Re: OLD CORNWALL- MEALS
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 19:29:19 -0000


Hello,
I don't know too much about the dietry habits of Cornish during the last
century, however I do know that tea was a common beverage well before then.
As tea was one of the favoured cargoes of smugglers it was in good supply at
an affordable price, in the section on Smugglers in A.K. Hamilton-Jenkins
book 'Cornwall & its People' there are several references to the drinking of
tea.
Like moths to a flame both my grandmothers were addicted to the consumption
of this beverage, although I doubt that they ever had much to do with
smuggling!

David, Sunny & Hot Launceston (I'm learning from Jim in Bobmin)

|Hi Listers,
|
|I have been wondering what composed the three meals a day for our Cornish
|ancestors about mid last century. What was the average type of breakfast
in
|those days. There was no breakfast cereal. Was toast known then ? And
how
|about a beverage ? Was tea then still too expensive for the average
family?
|And what was the average lunch and dinner, say, on weekdays and then was
|there a difference on week-ends ? Would be most interested to hear.
|
|Cheers
|Elizabeth
|

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