Abstract Early modern London was a diverse metropolis, but we know little about the social lives of its migrant communities, especially how they fed themselves. Influenced by recent anthropology and sociology of food, migration, and ethnicity, this article examines specific communal food practices of two minority communities in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Sephardic Jews and French Protestant refugees. Rather than studying how unusual foods marked these migrants as different, it explores how mundane food matters shaped social relations within these communities. The first section analyzes the system of shechita, the ritual slaughter of meat by Jews, by drawing on records of community leadership, account books, and printed texts on the subject. The second section examines two institutions established to feed the Huguenot poor, a soup kitchen in Spitalfields and the hospital known as “La Providence,” both of which left extensive records of administration. Though different, the case studies show how migrant groups, through specific food practices, constructed and experienced community within the capital. The article adds to our knowledge of migrant lives in the city and highlights the richness of institutional records from within these communities. It also suggests how food history can connect minority stories to British history more broadly.

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喂养社区：伦敦的移民和他们的食物，1650-1800

摘要 现代早期的伦敦是一个多元化的大都市，但我们对其移民社区的社会生活知之甚少，尤其是他们如何养活自己。受近期人类学和食物、移民和种族社会学的影响，本文考察了 17 世纪末和 18 世纪两个少数民族社区的特定公共饮食习惯，即西班牙裔犹太人和法国新教难民。它不是研究不寻常的食物如何将这些移民标记为不同，而是探讨平凡的食物问题如何塑造这些社区内的社会关系。第一部分通过借鉴社区领导记录、账簿和有关该主题的印刷文本，分析了shechita 制度，即犹太人的屠宰仪式。第二部分考察了为养活胡格诺派穷人而建立的两个机构，一个位于斯皮塔菲尔德的施舍厨房和一家名为“普罗维登斯”的医院，这两个机构都留下了大量的管理记录。尽管不同，案例研究显示了移民群体如何通过特定的饮食习惯在首都建立和体验社区。这篇文章增加了我们对城市移民生活的了解，并强调了这些社区内部机构记录的丰富性。它还表明食物史如何更广泛地将少数族裔故事与英国历史联系起来。在首都内建立和经验丰富的社区。这篇文章增加了我们对城市移民生活的了解，并强调了这些社区内部机构记录的丰富性。它还表明食物史如何更广泛地将少数族裔故事与英国历史联系起来。在首都内建立和经验丰富的社区。这篇文章增加了我们对城市移民生活的了解，并强调了这些社区内部机构记录的丰富性。它还表明食物史如何更广泛地将少数族裔故事与英国历史联系起来。