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Show Page 4 tEfje '(Utmcs-cfn- s (EIjrfBtrnaa Lets make Tivelfth Night Cake Twelfth Night Cake for the holidays YUM, YUM, YUM twelth Wednesday, December 21, 1994 Supplement night cake for the holdidays Early Twelfth Night cakes were baked with a bean in one side, a pea in the other and a number of cloves throughout (documented to a party at Whitehall, 1613). The host or hostess cut the cake into equal slices for the guest, with men receiving slices from one side and women from the other. The man who found the bean became King of the Feast; the woman who foftind the pea became the Queen; and those who found the cloves were Courtiers. The King of the Feast could order his subjects to play his favorite game, dance, sing, recite poems, play charades or anything else! In some circles, the King would have to host the party the next year and the Queen would have to make the next years cake. According to one custom, the youngest child present distributed the pieces. Among the French Creoles, a napkin would be placed over the 'cake while it was being cut and served so that if the bean was exposed, no pound butter 2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 pounds seedless raisins f1 r- 34 cup J . one would see it. ; teaspoons mace 2 teaspoons cinnamon 3 pounds currants 12 cup citron 2 12 cup candied into strips cut peel, almonds, blanched and chopped or, cut into strips 9 eggs, separated 314 cups flour , Continued on page 5 SVANG y0(j DCCIIiiftll Season! 0. Thanks for turning to us! Happy Holidays! Super 8 Motel South Freeway Interchange Nephi, UT Hope your season is stuffed with treats. Happy Holidays and many thanks. Taco Time 1155 East State Road 132 Nephi UT From the staff Hope your season takes off with a flourish of good cheer and lands you some terrific gifts! We could not have gotten our business off the ground without you! Walker Food & Fuel Wendys Old Fashioned Hamburgers 830 East 100 North Nephi, Utah May your hoBday season ; deBver loads of good fortune and bundles of cheer. Thanks tor your support Tidwell Coal & Trucking FUI, LI. LI, LI! Wishing you a very merry season and all that jazz- Thanks! Vard's Drive Inn Nephi, Utah , 626 North Main Nephi, UT Yard, Diane k Girla |