Why don't we eat these dinner foods anymore?

Tastes in 19th-century America were generations removed from our tastes today, and while some foods from the Victorian era endure today — such as oatmeal, roast beef, tomato soup, and mayonnaise — others might seem as strange and outmoded as the horn on a victrola.

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What Americans Ate for Dinner in the 1800s

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T astes in 19th-century America were generations removed from our tastes today, and while some foods from the Victorian era endure today — such as oatmeal, roast beef, tomato soup, and mayonnaise — others might seem as strange and outmoded as the horn on a victrola. Here's a look at some bygone dishes from the Victorian table.

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