by Richard | Nov 24, 2019 | Christmas, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe, Winter
Christmas Pudding. There are many variations now but the traditional version should be a fruity sponge with citrus and spice. Traditionally it would have 13 ingredients representing Jesus and his 12 disciples. Stir Up Sunday started back in Victorian times, and was a...
by Richard | Dec 8, 2018 | Christmas, Cooking, history, Homemade, Recipe, Winter
The traditional Christmas cake is the merger of two dishes traditionally eaten around the Christmas period, Plum porridge or pottage and the Twelfth Night cake. The plum porridge was first cited in 1573 and was traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. It was also the...
