Tag: Guy Fawkes

Gimme Five! Things for Bonfire Night

Post author By Adelle and Justin, the H is for Home folks!
Post date October 31, 2014
1 Comment on Gimme Five! Things for Bonfire Night

Tonight is Halloween, but next week is a celebration that’s a lot more home-grown – Bonfire Night. We prefer Bonfire Night to Halloween; the history, the spectacle of the fireworks, the comfort food like black peas (a Lancashire tradition), parkin and bonfire toffee. When last have you seen a group of kids asking for, “A […]

Tags 5th of November, bonfire, Bonfire Night, fireworks, Guy Fawkes, penny for the guy, Remember remember the 5th of November

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Banana Parkin

Post author By Adelle and Justin, the H is for Home folks!
Post date August 27, 2011
3 Comments on Banana Parkin

sliced banana ginger parkin on a vintage wooden chopping board alongside a vintage tiered cake tin

I opened the car’s glove compartment yesterday in search of a CD… but came across a couple of “past their sell by date” bananas instead. They’d been put there a few days earlier as an “on board” snack for a trip we’d made to Penrith. Rather than throw them out (or giving them to Fudge […]

Tags baking, banana, banana ginger parkin, banana parkin, Bonfire Night, cake, cookery, cooking, ginger, Guy Fawkes, Hilaire Walden, loaf cake, parkin, recipe, tea cake, The Great Big Cookie Book

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