Museum Has Taken To TikTok To Show People How Life Used To Be In UK

A museum which has taken to to show people what life used to be like in the UK has left people's stomach's churning - after sharing a clip of a typical lunch comprised of a cow's stomach from 1899.  
The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, took to social media to share clips of actors who aim to educate the younger generation on parts of the region's history.
In one clip, a woman can be seen making her husband a traditional lunch of the time, which consists of boiled tripe and onions.
The woman cuts the cow's stomach and vegetables into slices, before cooking them together in a pot. 
The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, has taken to TikTok to show people how life used to be in the UK - as a clip of one lunch from 1899 has people's stomachs turning (pictured)
The museum took to social media to share clips of actors as they shared parts of the region's history (pictured)
So that the man can take the food to work with him, the woman then puts the mixture in a bowl and wraps it in a cloth, before adding a spoonful of sugar, tea and condensed milk into a newspaper.
She writes him a note, which reads: 'Keep out the oss road yampy mon x', which the actress goes on to explain means 'stay safe.'
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The video, which She says: 'Did you know a lot of food working class Victorians ate was adulterated?

Bread was a staple food in the Victorian period, and was consumed for almost every meal.
'But most working class Victorians that lived in back-to-backs like this didn't have the time of facilities to bake their own bread from scratch.'
The actress looks the part as she stands in a replica home from the era and dons a purple shawl draped over her shoulders and a simple frock.
She adds: 'So they relied on local bakers and retailers to get their bread.

The problem was, that at every point in the supply chain, adulterants like chalk, allum, plaster or paris were added.
'These adulterants could build up to dangerous levels, and left an already impoverished population very malnourished. It could even have deadly consequences for babies.'