Foods of England - Christmas

Christmas

From 'Christmas: Its Origin and Associations', by William Francis Dawson

For how to lay out the Christmas Table, see English Table Service
and remember: Was Christmas banned by the Puritans?
No time? Living in Victorian squalor? Then try Chrismas Dinner in the Black Pot

CORNER DISHES
Figgy Apples
Figgy Chutney
Brown Windsor Soup
Figgie-dowdie
Frumenty or Furmety
Hackin or Hack Pudding
Plum Porridge
Plum-Pottage, or Christmas-Pottage
Christmas Cheese

CAKES
Christmas Pepper Cake
Christmas Cake
Christmas Log
Currant Bread
Kitchels
Marzipan Dates
Mincemeat (Sweet)
Mince Pie
Rich Fruit Cake
Ripon Christmas Bread
Ripon Plum Cake
Yule Bread
Yeast Cake

DRINKS
Elderberry Wine
Mulled Ale
Smoking Bishop

MEATS
Gloucester Royal Pie
Goose Pie
Michaelmas Goose
Staffordshire Goose Pie
Yorkshire Pie
Yorkshire Pork Pie

PUDDINGS
Brandy Butter
Christmas Pudding
Christmas Pudding Ice Cream
Christmas Trifle
Rum Butter
Westmorland Sweet Pie
Figgy Pudding
Lincolnshire Carrot Pudding
Norfolk Dried Biffins
Plum Duff

VEGETABLES
Brussels Sprouts
Stilton Mash
Carrot Bake

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