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Bonfire Night

Food to hold in a gloved hand by the fire: parkin, treacle toffee, baked potatoes and sausages.

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What is eaten for Bonfire Night

On 5 November Britain lights bonfires and fireworks to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The food is made to be eaten outdoors in the cold. In Yorkshire and Lancashire it is parkin, a dark sticky cake of oatmeal, ginger and treacle that is baked days ahead to soften. Bonfire toffee is hard, black and made with treacle. Potatoes are baked in foil in the embers, sausages are grilled, and apples are dipped in toffee. In parts of Lancashire black peas with vinegar are sold.

The dishes

ParkinOatmeal and treacle gingerbread of the north of England.Candy appleToffee apples on sticks.Baked potatoCooked in the embers of the fire.

Also part of it, and being written: Bonfire toffee (Hard black treacle toffee.), Black peas (Served hot with vinegar in Lancashire.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Guy Fawkes Night" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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