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Breakfast, Northanger style.
Written by MandyN
(4/27/2006 6:58 a.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Silly L&T question from ch. 28: Happy, happy breakfast?, penned by Heather L
We have a few details- in Ch. 25 in the morning, the General is 'between his cocoa and his newspaper'. I believe cocoa was a very fashionable beverage. Mrs Austen in 1806, described the splendors of a Stoneleigh Abbey breakfast-perhaps similar to what Catherine knew-
Possibly, there were hardboiled eggs and fresh cheeses as well. Georgian breakfasts were lighter meals with varieties of breads, cakes and hot drinks.
We know General Tilney's hobby horse was his garden and hot house fruits. Genteel households made preserves & jellies.
At the abbey, Catherine was likely introduced to foods she was not familar with.
* Delightful melodramtic touch, Heather ! And a heroine can always be revived by her cup of tea. |

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