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Food associated with this day

 

 

Shrove Tuesday

Pancakes

Good Friday

Hot cross buns / Fish

Easter Day

Chocolate Eggs (Cadbury chocolate)

Roast Lamb - Lamb is considered to be the traditional meat for Easter but chicken has long been a modern favourite for Easter Sunday dinner, it is also less expensive than lamb these days, which helps to explain its popularity.

Mothering Sunday Simnel cake / Mulled ale
May Day Maids of Honour cakes = Small round puff pastry cheesecakes sometimes flavoured with almonds and rose water.
Halloween Night Toffee Apples
Harvest Special bread, made to look like sheaves of wheat
Bonfire night Hot soup / Jacket potatoes cooked in foil in the fire.Parkin Cake, a traditional sticky cake containing a mix of oatmeal, ginger, treacle and syrup.
Christmas Day Turkey, vegetables, stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce and gravy. Mince pies Christmas pudding flaming with brandy.

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