Did you know people actually eat mince pies and fruit cake? It's true, they are quite a tradition in England. I've heard of mince pies but didn't think anyone still ate them. Similarly, I've heard plenty of jokes about fruit cakes but didn't know people actually enjoyed eating them. Here they call them Christmas cakes.
Every holiday event seems to involve mince pies, christmas cake and mulled wine. The mince pies are not bad- I was relieved to find out they weren't made out of meat! The mulled wine is nice but I have yet to bring myself to try the Christmas cake. There is also a traditional Christmas pudding which I haven't tried yet. Apparently due to the composition of the fruit cake and christmas pudding they can last for months...hmm, that doesn't seem right. I think I prefer Christmas cookies.
I don't think they have eggnog here so I'm looking forward to that when I get home, but at least they do have Eggnog lattes at Starbucks. One other difference I noticed so far is that when we sang O Little Town of Bethlehem it had a different melody!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
mince pies and fruit cake?
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we have advocat which is the same or similar to eggnog. if you have it mixed with lemonade it is called a snowball! yum. very Christmassy. you can come and try some Ackers Christmas cake in January and some people eat it with cheese!
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