Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to the 2024 British Food History Podcast Christmas special.
Today I am talking with Tudor Food historian Brigitte Webster about what Christmasses were like in Tudor times – just what were the Tudors eating and drinking at this time of year?
We talked about harrowing Advent and its stockfish, food as gifts, the boar’s head, venison, frumenty and the similarities and differences between Christmasses then and now – amongst many other things.
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Brigitte’s website
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Things mentioned in today’s episode
The work of Andrew Boorde
Don’t forget to check out the website on Christmas Day for my Irish coffee recipe
Listen to the Delicious Legacy Christmas special here
Blog posts pertinent to today’s episode
My recipe for roast venison
My recipe for medieval frumenty (subscribers only)
Previous podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode
Lent Episode 2: The History of Lent
Tudor Cooking and Cuisine with Brigitte Webster
Christmas Feasting with Annie Gray
Christmas Special 2023: Mince Pies
Neil’s blogs:
‘British Food: a History’
‘Neil Cooks Grigson’
Neil’s books:
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper
A Dark History of Sugar
Knead to Know: a History of Baking
The Philosophy of Puddings
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