TRADITIONAL FOOD
Since it was a festival that lasted many days, eccentricities were aloud (even encouraged!). For this sabbat, apples were considered sacred and the food that included them held a place of honor in the feast. Therefore, cider was and stays a drink of circumstances.
Ginger and other spices were ralso a very important. To understand that, you must remember that in medieval times, ginger was worth more than diamonds. A modern versions of the old times' cakes is the gingerbread house, which is a small reminder of the gorgeous sculpture-like cakes that were presented to the nobles on christmas.
Cookies are also part of the festivities since in those days, sugar was rares and honey was hard to collect. Give your Yule cookies the shape of a star, a moon, a sun or an animal. You will help continu and preserve a tradition dating back to prehistorical times. Archeologists have found petrified cakes in the shape of moons, stars or shaped in the symbol of certain gods in tombs dating from those times.
DISHES TO SERVE
Chicken, capon, goose, partridge - all roasted; roasted pigglet; meat pies; jugged hare; fruit cake; ginger bread; sugar cookies; eggnog, hot spiced wine, hot spiced cider. |
