Let's Have a fancy party!

stormcat · Feb 19, 2014

So I'm writing a victorian-era piece where the characters attend a fancy dress ball. I've got the costumes down, but I'm having loads of trouble with a few other problems.

-What sort of foods would be served?
-What kind of music and dancing would there be?
-What exactly is a guest supposed to do if they aren't dancing?

GingerCoffee · Feb 19, 2014

Google knows.

http://www.burrows.com/other/manners.html

http://mrsjb.hubpages.com/hub/THE-TRADITIONAL-VICTORIAN-BALL

You also had to have four other rooms in your home prepared and decorated beautifully. Each of these rooms served a purpose. The first room was the Dining room. At midnight all of your guests would have sat down to a elaborate eight to ten course meal. The meal would have consisted of Turtle soup, Pigeon pie, Roast Turkey with dressing, Roast Pork with specialty potatoes or chicken fricassee, two vegetable side dishes, Citrus Ice, Fresh Dinner Rolls, Jams, Jellies, Sweet Pickles, Fancy Cake, Preserved Fruit, Veal, Cheese, Oysters, Trifles, Coffee, Hot Punch, Water, Wine and Negus.The second room would have been for Refreshments. This was a smaller room that had tables with bowls of punch, plates of tea sandwiches, cakes, bonbons, biscuits, cold tongue, urns with tea and coffee for the guests to snack on while dancing.
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