In the eighteenth century, foods that were taken by different classes varied from one another. The lower class's diet was mainly composed of grain, vegetables, and little meat. The diet of the wealthy was made up of meat, sweets, cheese, and alcohol. Because of the markets, merchants and minor bureaucrats had variety of meats, vegetables, bread, beans and fruits at their meals, giving them a more balanced diet. Nowadays even though we have a broader …showed first 75 words of 1081 total…

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