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Show Hearty Eating Cheered English at Christmastide In old England they had many dishes which we seldom hear of now. There, was "frumenty," a dish made of wheat which is still sometimes served in Yorkshire, ale posset, Shropshire "wigs," and carroway buns dipped in ale. Yule doughs or "dows" were eaten everywhere, and in Coventry they made their famous Godcake. Tansy, too, was a favorite ' dish. This was made with eggs and cream, flavored with the juice of tansy, an extremely bitter, aromatic aro-matic herb. In addition there was j Christmas brawn, "connynges" in j gravy, and a host of dishes that have since died out. Christmas was never a national festival in Scotland, but at this period peri-od of the year new "sowens" were always eaten. These were made j from the husks and sittings of oat-1 meal mixed with molasses, and to all accounts were delicious. j |