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Yorkshire Parkin Guy Fawkes

Yorkshire Parkin.

This was traditonaly eaten on Nov 5th Guy Fawkes day.

The significance of this not sure. A similar cake is however

made in Lancashire by the name of Harcake or 'soul mass

cake' This too is Nov on All Souls day Nov2nd.

Har is the norse name for Odin so there is possibly

a pagan origin

As a child I well remember Nov 5th.

We had toffee apples

treacle toffee

 I had parkin as my mother was from the north

The southerners didn't tend to have the parkin.

We would go to each others houses light the bonfire

which usualy had a stuffed Guy of top.

Also have a firework display. This was before the PC

times....

I well remember young children going about with a stuffed

Guy a few weeks before Nov 5th to collect pennies for

the fireworks.  Our children today would turn their little

noses up @ pennies now lol.

Guy Fawkes was  Roman Catholic and he attempted to Blow

up the Houses of Parliament. It was known as the gunpowder plot.

Although we still celebrate this day.  Most now go to

organised events and tend to have a barbecue.

Halloween from across the pond has however taken over.

We didn't really celebrate Halloween till about 20 yrs ago!

Yorkshire Parkin

6oz flour

3oz brown sugar

3oz margarine

milk

one & half teaspoons of bicarb soda

2 oz medium oatmeal

4oz golden syrup

1 egg

1 teaspoon ground ginger

Sift the dry ingredients in a bowl

melt sugar syrup and margarine in

saucepan & pour over dry ingredients

Add milk to make soft consistency

Pour into loaf tin and bake for 1 hour

Gas3 or 325 F.

It should be eaten warm

I wonder if any of you know of a similar

recipe in the  us ?