The Twelve Historical Fruit Recipes of Christmas
Tra la laaaa la la laaaa la, tra la la la la laaaa! It’s Christmas time, and here’s a selection of fruity dishes from the archives for your holiday dinner table.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Sweet Cider Frappe’
Here’s another recipe from Mrs Mackay’s early C20th apple recipe collection, this time for a rather super-sounding cider sorbet.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Apple Christmas Pudding’
This rice- and apple-based alternative to the classic Yuletide pud sounds rather delicious, but does it really scream “Christmas”?
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Mrs Wigley’s 1877 Recipe for ‘Apple Snowballs’
Looking for an alternative to Christmas Pud? Here’s a recipe you’d have to be brave to attempt, but I think if you pulled it off the results could be quite impressive.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Stuffed Apples to Serve With a Roast’
Here’s another apple-y side-dish to accompany your Christmas dinner, from Gertrude’s collection of 209 apple recipes.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Apple Ginger’
Here’s a not-so-quick, but definitely easy, recipe for a thickened apple sauce with ginger and lemon, to accompany your Christmas roast.
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Charles Carter’s 1732 Recipe for ‘Minc’d Pyes’
December is upon us, which means it’s time to break out the traditional minc’d pyes, with that special, secret ingredient… meat.
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How To: Make Norfolk Biffins (Maybe…)
In which I finally get to have a go at making this classic baked apple dish, via the traditional C19th method. Sort of.
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Max Miller’s History of ‘Lamb’s Wool’ for Wassailing
Max’s latest episode takes a look at the tradition of wassailing and shows us how to make one of the classic wassail beverages.
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‘E.H.B.’ on ‘Apple Florentine’ at Christmas
This giant apple pie, served up with a quart of well-spiced ale, sounds like a recipe for my sort of Christmas feast.
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Elizabeth Moxon’s 1764 Recipe for ‘Plumb Porridge’
This eighteenth century version of porridge definitely isn’t the porridge we know and love today, plumb or otherwise.
