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Christmas/hogmanay recipes
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Catriona  |
Posted: 10-Nov-2002, 06:08 PM
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When I was a girl, Christmas was still a ceremony largely for the religious and for children. We did not celebrate Christmas as a major holiday, but more as a day for going to church and then celebrating with the children. We had a decorated tree and carol singers - and a traditional meal with turkey or goose, but that was about it!
Nowadays, however, it has become much more commercialsied and very much like Christmas in other parts of the UK. The rest of the UK also has a day off for Boxing Day, 26 December. This is so-called, because servants and apprentices were given a day off to go to visit their families, bearing a 'box' of goodies. This is not a holiday in Scotland.
Our special holiday is for the new year. Specifically, new year's eve - which we call Hogmanay.
I have started to bake things ready for the night - Black Bun and a really boozy Dundee cake.... Both of which improve with time and the judicious application of whisky....!
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Cabbagehome  |
Posted: 11-Nov-2002, 10:45 AM
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OH yes Thanks! I may try this instead of fruit cake this year. Maybe the big McDonald will like it. I do not see anything in the ingredents that would make it black. Now how is the Black Bun different from a Dundee Cake?
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