Christmas Long Ago
According to the "Diary of a Country Parson," a Christmas Day dinner served at Now College, Oxford, in 1773, began 'with "Pea Soup," which was followed by "Two Kiie Codds, boiled, with fried solos round thorn, and oyster sauce." Then "Orange Pudding," then a lease ol! wild ducks roasted, a forcrjuarter of lamb with "sallad," and finally "Mince- Pies and a fine Plumb Cake." No mention of turkey or plum pudding, and tho orange pudding was served before the poultry and moat.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 33
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85Christmas Long Ago Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 33
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