Christmas Elevenses Recipes
Try making these historical Christmas recipes from museums collections all over Yorkshire.
Sweet Sour Tart from The Cook’s and Confectioner’s Dictionary: Or, the Accomplish’d Housewife’s Companion by John Nott (1723).
Gingerbread Biscuits – Ryedale Folk Museum from the Ryedale Recipes book.
Moulded Gingerbreads – Ryedale Folk Museum from the Ryedale Recipes book.
Christmas Relish (Piccalilli) – Dales Countryside Museum from A Dales Countryside Cookbook.
Christmas Cake – Dales Countryside Museum from A Dales Countryside Cookbook.
Eggless Christmas Cake – Barnsley Museums from Recipes for the Mayor of Barnsley’s Spitfire Fund. You can see the whole recipe book here. (The recipe for the eggless Christmas cake is on page 57. I’ve halved the quantities to make one loaf.
Vinegar Cake – Calderdale Museums from a booklet of ‘Ideal Recipes’ from the Akroyden Wesleyan Church Bazaar of 1916.
Medieval Gingerbread – Wakefield Museums
Chocolate Wine – Wakefield Museums
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