The ban on garlic has nothing to do with safety, but rather preference, as the Queen herself reportedly hates the taste. Darren McGrady, another former palace chef, revealed to The Telegraph that the Queen has a no starch rule at dinnertime.
And like the Queen, her pets follow a strict diet, too. McGrady shared with The Telegraph that he once fed her famous corgis a meal of finely chopped simmered rabbit and chicken, while her horses get perfectly chopped carrots as a snack. Who wouldn't want to live a life like that? Well, that's reality for the U. All royals have it good, of course, but these people obviously have it best. It's not all sunshine and roses, though.
Life as a royal is a life of duty, and aside from the endless foreign tours, charity events, grand openings, and meet-and-greets, the royals are also forced to follow a number of very strict, and sometimes very strange rules. And that goes for what they eat and drink, too. We're a long way away from the heady days of gluttonous royal feasts and ever-fattening kings , and today the Queen enforces a number of strict regulations regarding how her family eats.
These are the foods that the royal family are forbidden from eating. Some of them are sure to surprise you. It's the basis of all great cooking.
It's the perfect way to spruce up any dish. It's the reason your house isn't overrun with vampires right now. Yes, that's right: it's garlic. Unfortunately, the many joys of garlic remain thoroughly out of reach for the British royal family. During an appearance on MasterChef Australia via G lamour , Camilla Parker Bowles, wife to Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall, revealed that "garlic is a no-no," and explained that the royals are told to "lay off the garlic" since they are so often required to converse with other dignitaries and members of the public.
Former royal chef Darren McGrady backed this up in , when he told RecipesPlus that palace chefs were asked to refrain from serving anything with garlic. Meanwhile, another former royal chef told the National Post in that "they're missing out on garlic, because at Buckingham Palace, you don't cook with garlic. I suppose, in case you get the 'royal burp. During his ReciplesPlus interview, Darren McGrady also revealed that royal chefs were forbidden from using "too many onions" in their dishes.
Considering onions form the basis of pretty much every decent recipe out there, the royals have got to be thankful that they're allowed at least some leeway on that one — but honestly, we'd draw the line at garlic.
Who could live without that? The world of shellfish is an exciting one indeed: the term can refer to any one of a range of delicious and fascinating fish that are served all around the world — from shrimp to oysters to crab to lobster to clams, scallops, crayfish, mussels and more.
But while these kinds of shellfish are all very different in taste and texture, they do share one thing in common According to the BBC via The Independent , the royals make concerted efforts to avoid eating shellfish while dining out or visiting foreign countries, since it can carry a greater-than-normal risk of causing infection and illness.
And that's putting it lightly: for example, mollusks that's clams, scallops, oysters, and mussels accounted for 45 percent of all seafood-related cases of foodborne illness between and Bacteria, viruses, or parasites picked up by shellfish can easily cause food poisoning, especially when eaten raw or improperly cooked, while pathogens can flourish in shellfish that haven't been correctly chilled — and it's pretty safe to say the Queen isn't taking chances that all chefs around the world know the correct way to store and serve these finicky foods.
For these reasons, Healthline even recommends that pregnant and breastfeeding women, older adults, and people with compromised immune systems should stay away from raw shellfish altogether.
One thing the Queen does love is steak — in particular, Gaelic steak. In a video for Delish , former royal chef Darren McGrady demonstrated one of the Queen's favorite recipes. Although he used beef tenderloin, the Queen herself usually prefers venison. The steak is seasoned with salt and pepper, before being cooked in butter and oil.
But what's most notable here is the way she has her steak cooked: well done. So it was really, really important that we got a really good sear on the steaks and cooked her steak well done.
But this likely goes beyond just personal preference, because rare meat is reportedly off-limits to royals during their travels. This is most likely because eating rare meat carries many risks. Undercooked meat can be a breeding ground for E. Salmonella is also a potential problem, which can instigate severe food poisoning. Undercooked meat, poultry, and seafood can also cause listeria, which causes diarrhea, nausea, fever and muscle aches.
And that's before you even touch on parasites, many of which can cause severe infections. And although eating rare meat is certainly no guarantee of infection, it seems that royals just aren't willing to take the risk — especially when they've got their duties to attend to. Turns out the royal family has to watch more than just their manners when they're eating out. According to the BBC , there is one kind of food that's off limits for the group: shellfish. The restriction comes from the fact that shellfish poses a higher risk of food poisoning than most other foods do.
The family is also advised to avoid meat that's cooked rare, tap water in foreign countries, and overly exotic or spicy dishes. The preventative measure makes sense; a stomach bug has the potential to really mess with the royal's busy schedule, because no one — not even Kate — can look good in public while dealing with food poisoning.
However, that doesn't mean that the whole family always sticks to these restrictions.
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