What foods are mentioned in Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

There are two feasts in the play, neither of which is actually depicted. The first is the "old accustomed feast" at Capulet's house in Act I Scene 5. We come in just as the servants are clearing the dishes from supper. The first line in the scene is "Where's Potpan, that he helps not to take away?" Obviously one of the servants is shirking. The same servant asks one of the others to "save me a piece of marchpane". Marchpane is marzipan, a candy-like confection of sugar and ground almonds, often used as a fruitcake icing. Clearly that's what they had for dessert, and the servant means to clean up on the leftovers.
The other feast is the wedding feast for Juliet and Paris, We see some of the preparations in Act IV Scene 4. Mrs. Capulet tells the Nurse to get more spices and the Nurse replies that "they call for dates and quinces in the pastry". Dates are a sweet Middle Eastern fruit and quinces are like tart apple-shaped Pears. Clearly they were planning a fruit pie of some kind. Capulet also says "Look to the baked meats"--what we would likely call a roast.
Other foods are also mentioned, like medlars, a kind of fruit which is not edible until it starts to rot.