Show CHRISTMAS FEASTS JIME OWNERS DINNERS OF AMAZING proportions az jilla they used ll 11 to lat eat in tile the payi ly of allis hor need head served auh with Crem ceremony ovy an aa ancient klauer to the ali loir ts is almost impossible cosay to say when the of celebrating christin etli N 1 th a sumptuous feast it is tan tali however that tile the observance lias has tit lils cd sed since eti history begal agal a writer who delved li v mieng the traditions ious and records ot of to ic reign of king arthur of the si id A table describes tiro tho christmas dio dain r of that day in vcra vcr c thi wilrod up salmon veti bion and wild ours 35 andr e and by downs lind and by scores s e 0 roe hi aads ml 40 of I 1 lio limicy 0 o I 1 icy cy klider ki iderson kina of in mustard t lb tard 51 aag is and d ratted batted and bacon swine he and lid bitt battet uius its peacock su ans and bus ard ril T i iii aUard pigeons widgeons a and ad in flue fine V puddings tings apple pies und no cus I 1 rd nd al A h liei areu creu eithal ithal they drunk drank good bageon wino wille W end and ale and cider ut our own rcck punch and negus were not known is 13 bill of faro fare is doubtless more p r than accurate yet it is not tar far 1 I f the way ono notable onn ow iliou llon i it of tile the wassail bowl for wa wasis ail tit li gh b it was nas a i drink of the ancient di ds of lite iho third and vu 41 earlier was for anally 11 it indred vi i a favotto britch Brit ih drink and ami cuno came t I 1 r il a distinctive feature c aure ot feir fe it was first made of lie air or what w lieu hen considered ale sweetened with tiling thing that did duty for the more la rill ra sugar sagar just what that was is is too to unknown but it was sweet then act rIH CT was toast and tharo thero were roasted arm cr ii put hissing hot into to tile the bowl 1 a 1 lif drink but such as it was it wih nab il 0 i ils as tinie time went by the recipe was varied till perhaps 1010 1000 years or bo 10 later tho wa basail sail ail bowl wis was filled with bitic well and spiced iced with obtainable ale was iwert 11 ed amut N keiu wex 0 not but the aepli s were cle I 1 clerked rued blo ble iud and reilly seem ecim to ilan laic 0 ou oil eta as Doubt lf it wa aya tho hito pulp ot A tile thu ippie ipp ii I 1 hat ga va I III Us its hii et t lal linlia 0 wool and ami it avas v as therefore au all a iain ia li 1 lokim roni stil that crept into the account ot d king arthur s feast when tile the buy boy N i etli the mantle lat lait a spell over the t bilili for tt it is told that ou on that occasion anly one taught knight found his sword sharp irp enough to carve the baars boars head or hah hand steady tu to lift the lambs wool w without spilling it it will to te noticed that kill king arthur had neither turkeys nor beebe though both of them are now distinct distinctive i ve fri fi tures of the christilles Chris tillas feast the turkey was not taken to augland from the ast till tile the sixteenth century aud and though tho the goo booso so was known b before his alae seems not to have been discovered but it if arthurs feast reems feints gargantuan it was a frugal repast compared with thoe tho e that came later gervaso gervase describes a moderate dm diu nor ncr of about A D 1600 th that atwould would answer for christmas in the following amaina way vay abo first course should consist of 16 full dedics that is dishes of 0 neat meat that blat are of substance and not empty or tor for show as thus for ex example amide first li rit a shield of braun m mth ith inu mustard secondly M a loyld capon thirdly a boyid piece of beet beef fourthly a chino chine of beet beef rosted fifthly a rosted sixthly a pig rosted seventhly thaw ets baked Eight eighthly illy a goose boosa rostad ninthly a swan rosted roh teil a tur lity ky rested the el eleventh evelith a ha haunch of enion rosted rested the tm twelfth a 3 pasty of venison the thirteenth a lid with a pudding in tho the belly tho fourteenth an all olive pye the fifteenth a couple of apons the sixteenth a cu cestari or auw ieti ets now know to thebo full dishes way may lie bo addid fr alleta ciuci clue chases and devis devised eci paste teas us many diches niro which dudlo tho the full service no le lesi than ani tio a and thirty dishes which is ai dinuth as can call conveniently stand on oil onu ono table aud and in ill one rues mess and after this you may proportion both your second and third co clouries cou rius uries holding ful ness ou on one halt half of f the dishes and show in ill the other wlm h will bo both frugal in i the splendour to tile tho kwit guest and much pleasure aud and delight to the beholder surely a moderate lile that would make inake a lurd lord mayors lui banquet seem vet there is that such feasts were not uncommon in that elder cider lay day kot every everyone one howen hove hovech or cr set such a table oven even when li be coid afford it for a din nor given to tho poor by sir george downing douning ono one christmas it at which M it aoth jtb ing was solved but beet po rudge pul lina diug ding and am pork it may hivo havo burn been better thin tile the recipients recipient usually had bud for or er faro but they otta it it for s tho lairs birs head us as is well inow I now was lor for hundreds et ct years the piece do to resistance of every N well ell regulated british chit feast and it has been beell held field by byrine soilo writers that it belanio tho favorite of A it a general desire last to protest against the jewish prohibition of boik A V wore more probable reason is that tho the boar was the fiercest of all the wild boasts beasts of the country and killing him was tile tho highest of tile the huntsman then agam his bis head is very good to rat cut whatever the reason the great dish was served i with great pomp it jowas was served in style A tot gotten poet wrote if you would ond lid up the lite head sweet lo i antry und and baj s it spread nis foaming lusu libil lot let gargu pippin krnic or munt midst tho theau thundering spears an orange ainee sauce title like himself offin to ilk his foes till tho Inn crous to the nose ind the iho v alil jl sani puw d lite wine ale ut tile howl NN nil allan clent 1 I buds title Porri bornds dito with plums plains lid turkeys turkey with the chhue tho the mere liters dressing arc sing of the dish did not suffice however tho the ot bringing it into the banquet hall of a great house was most imposing for it was not brought without a pr precession first came caino it a latmer in a hor semans coat with it a boar sl spear car iu in his hand then 1 a I huntsman hunt silian in green wi with th a naked and bloody sword thou then two pages in m each with it a moss of mustard and laic lai c tile the bearer himself chosen for bi his rizo azo and ami strength proui il holding tho hugo huge silver platter ont oa which the boars baars head lay such was tile the plainest alt nast pro procession cession that th 8 it entered always with music tor for a chri christinas bollas enrol carol hiis ways snug rung what the of the wealthiest houses was may be imagined from tile the fact that king henry ra n having caused liis his son to axi a crowned during his own lifetime as hearer bearer of the boars baars head at his hons boils tableland tab table leand nud was preceded by the royal trumpet crt as be entered tho the splendor of these ancient feasts would doubtless seem barbaric now but the profusion of tho the viands wenis kems wonderful an in comparison our modern spreads smail email and oi ono jo if in the lider day all men were like the ono who died only lately nud and who made a reputation by a single remark tho the turkey isa is ail excellent bird with ono one fault lie is too big for one 13 fi f 1 two in A |