Traditional English Christmas foods in the Georgian times

Traditional Christmas food includes: Christmas pudding, Mince Pies, Brawn Paté, Asparagus soup, Jerusalem artichokes, Chocolate Drops, Blancmange, Boozy Madeira Jelly, a Cod’s Head, Three-bird Yorkshire pie, etc. They were all served at once and were called “Service a la Francaise“. Christmas Pudding had less sugar and a Minced Pie was a sweet meat pie. Yorkshire pie contained chicken, a pheasant and a pigeon. They had lots of meat dishes and ate Christmas pudding and beef together.
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