What was it in ancient times that only the nobles could eat?

Ancient ginseng and deer antler velvet were eaten only by nobles. Ginseng deer antler velvet is an expensive Chinese medicine tonic that ordinary people can't afford.

1. Flour: Before the Han Dynasty, flour did not exist at all, wheat rice can be eaten a few bowls, your throat must adapt to the coarse, because it is likely to be mixed with wheat husk, which is determined by the ancient husking and grinding technology, even after the Han Dynasty, if you want to eat refined flour, it must be exclusive to the royal family.

2. Rice: In ancient times, most people ate brown rice, and it is by no means a smooth polished rice that grinds off the cortex, aleurone layer and germ in modern times, and the nutritional value may be higher than brown rice, but compared with polished rice in terms of taste, it is indeed not flattering.

3. Vegetable oil: After the Song Dynasty, the ancients began to have edible oil, and the varieties were monotonous, only sesame oil, soybean oil, vegetable oil, tea oil, etc.

4. Salt: There is no refined salt in ordinary people's homes, whether it is sea salt well salt, it must be coarse salt, and there are many impurities.

Tea, lychees, grapes, these things are very rare, and only the nobility deserves to eat these things.

For example, crabs, watermelons, etc. were only eaten by the aristocracy, mainly because these things were too expensive at the time.

We know that food has been very important to people since ancient times, it not only solves people's basic needs, but also needs the necessary foundation for the strength and development of a country, after all, no country can fight in all directions despite years of famine. So for people in the past, food is also a very important resource, and in the past not everyone can enjoy, now the rice in the supermarket may be a pound more, and then the poor family may eat some gruel is no problem, but in the past there was such a food if ordinary people have no opportunity to enjoy, civilians may not even see it, many friends will find it strange, if this kind of thing is jewelry or some precious things can still be believed, So if it's just an ordinary ingredient, then it's obviously an exaggeration, but is it really true?

It is true that in the past, there was a kind of food that ordinary people could not enjoy, that is, flour did not have such a thing as flour before the Han Dynasty, so the meals eaten in that era were usually still with shells, and after the Han Dynasty, not everyone could enjoy flour. Therefore, at that time, only some high-ranking officials or very prominent people could have this privilege, and ordinary people could only eat very coarse and unprocessed grains.

In addition to flour, there is also a very expensive thing in ancient times is salt, we know that if every household does not eat salt now, the body will soon produce various diseases, and in the past, ordinary people did not have this kind of fine white refined salt, so whether it is sea salt or salt in the well, it is ordinary coarse salt, and the meal made of coarse salt is naturally not as good as it is now, but at that time, in order to survive, it was obvious that no matter what kind of food was made, it was necessary to eat it.

The last thing that used to be very expensive was cooking oil. We know that now oil is also divided into many types, different types of edible oil, the difference is very large, in the past is usually a relatively old way of oil refining, so that era is usually sesame oil or vegetable oil and tea oil and so on. After the Ming Dynasty, the norms for the use of oil gradually became known, so in the early days, many of the condiments that we now commonly use in our homes were the patents of the princes and nobles at that time, so if people go back to the past, they may be regarded as high-ranking officials and nobles.

After all, what can be seen everywhere in the family is in the past, and only the things that the aristocracy can enjoy should be cherished.

Because the economy in ancient times was relatively backward and the productivity was relatively weak, there were some precious items that only the nobles could afford to eat, but today, the economy is becoming more and more developed, and valuable items have evolved into things that can be seen everywhere today.

We often eat flour, salt, oil, in ancient times nobles can eat flour, edible salt, edible oil. We are so fortunate that we live in good times.

For example, all kinds of pastries, in ancient times, only nobles could afford to eat, and nobles would usually eat a cup of tea and a small piece of cake, eat slowly, and sip slowly. And now this kind of pastry cake can also be eaten by ordinary people.

**Jewelry, because the development of ancient times is relatively backward, there are many things that are very expensive, some ordinary people will not be able to afford it, and now it is different, the development is better, people's lives are improving, so the ** jewelry of ancient nobles is very common.

Candles, because of the level of craftsmanship, ancient candles were very expensive, and only the aristocracy could afford to use them.

There are too many such things, such as rice and salt, which are common in our daily life, which were only available to the aristocracy in ancient times, and the common people only ate brown rice and coarse salt.

The most is silverware, in ancient times silver was only used by nobles, and in modern silver products are used a lot, and there is also a glass, in ancient times it was also very precious.

In ancient times, the productive forces were backward and pork was very scarce, so it was difficult for ordinary people to eat meat in ancient times, and pork should be given priority to the nobles.

The edible meat of ancient friends and jujube is indeed mainly for the Gui Infiltrate faction to eat, and ordinary Lao Cong congratulates the common people that it is of course impossible to eat edible meat, and may only be eaten on some special festivals.

In ancient times, ordinary people could also afford to eat meat, but they couldn't eat it often, and meat in ancient times was also for the general public.