I think my initial estimate of 4-9 courses was a bit low. I was looking back at more of the menus and 8-11 courses seems a more realistic number! PS: There's a slight typo at 16:02 It should read "a Conventional Christmas Dinner" (as you can clearly see in the image). Whoops! I was rather tired when I was making/editing this one!
It’s fun to see what people did in the past, and how much menu variation there was. I’ve noticed that in Canada there seems to be an almost set menu nowadays for Christmas dinner, with little variation from family to family. Turkey with gravy and/or ham, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes/baked sweet potatoes/roast parsnips, green beans/brussels sprouts/carrots. My BF’s family does something very different - tacos! It’s great because it accommodates vegetarians and meat eaters, and it’s a lot of fun to dress your tacos with the toppings you want.
We have a big buffet in Sweden with the Christmas ham with mustard being the centerpiece. Other standard dishes are meatballs (with allspice) Prince sausages, Christmas sausage Jansson's temptation (a potato and anchovy casserole), Christmas bread with butter and cheese, pickled herring, boiled potatoes, beans in brown sauce, kale salad, beetroot salad (amazing with the meatballs) and sometime the Christmas porridge is part of the buffet, but usually it's a separate meal. Also, in my family we tend to eat at around 2-3 and not have a dinner, just have more of the buffet. For dessert there's toffee, chocolate, fruits and nuts, coffee, gingerbread, saffron buns and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. 😂 Anyway, it's a pretty big feast and quite heavy on the animal products, but there are lots of veggie recipes and options too.
I love your Edwardian Christmas themed videos, I enjoy them immensely every-time! I would love to see updates on your nut turkey and your other vintage kitchen recipe ventures! I love learning new vintage recipes to try out myself as well! I am definitely looking forward to your upcoming Edwardian cooking videos! Since Edwardians drink a lot of coffee for Christmas, I would be curious to see if there are any Edwardian Christmas tea related things for those that did not like coffee in those times, if you find any information regarding that, I would love to know!
I love your Edwardian videos so much. I live in a 1910 home and I love learning about what life may have been like back then. I think I mentioned in another video but I loved your Hallowe'en video so much that I threw my own nut party -- a huge success! As a result, I have a friend who wants to throw her own nut party in a different city she moved to. Thank you also for supplying the vegetarian options. Those Edwardians really were endearingly nutty huh?
I tried a Christmas Pudding (Plum Pudding) recipe from the late Victorian/early Edwardian period (no date exactly, but it uses whipped egg whites for leavening rather than chemical leavened, so it's possibly earlier, but my source was from the aforementioned periods). The original recipe says it serves 12. I have a 3 quart (over 5 pound) plum pudding now. By modern standards, I have between 18 and 24 servings of that dessert. So I'm not sure about smaller serving sizes, at least for dessert. My poor dad was envisioning something the size of a store bought pudding (maybe 4 oz/125 grams) when he asked me to make one. We all got a bit of a shock at the end.
I'm all about those Christmas desserts! Especially cookies. I made black bean brownies every week, so I'm curious about the gluten free bean pudding. That nut turkey sure sounds...interesting....
I use this recipe for my plum pudding (minus the goji berries) but with a plain custard sauce instead of the brandy one : hemsleyandhemsley.com/recipe/christmas-pudding/
That's so interresting! We still have what we call "fruktsoppa" (fruit soup) in Sweden and the most common kinds are billberry, rosehip and mixed fruits. The first two are more "healthy", as in the billberry does wonders for stomach issues and rosehip is full of vitamine C. There are also different fruit "cremes" (not the dairy kind) that is just a thicker kind of product, most commonly strawberry or raspberry. These are often served in a bowl with milk or cream added as a dessert or snack.
I recognize some of the Bettina illustrations! Also, your sweater is adorable, and if it was hand-knit, I’d love to know what pattern was used. It’s interesting to me how many of the earlier traditions were constants in my grandmother’s holiday tables. Celery and black olives. And pearl onions, which nobody liked, but we insisted on because we had pearl onion races with my grandfather when my grandmother wasn’t looking. If you push down on a cooked pearl onion with the back of a fork, it will open like a telescope and shoot across the plate. This was such a silly joyful bit of naughtiness every holiday meal.
Oh my gosh, it's such a pet peeve of mine when tv shows call something Victorian when it's actually Edwardian. Or, call something Victorian when it's actually from the Enlightenment/18th century. Those are two VERY distinct time periods, my dudes!! Get it right! 😆
Interestingly enough, my family doesn't traditionally do a Big Christmas Dinner. Our thing is Decadent Breakfast (usually a quiche and cinnamon rolls) and then High Tea with everything we can manage. Smoked salmon dip/sandwiches (of course, I'm from the PNW), chicken pie, sausage rolls, and whatever sandwiches and scones we feel like making. Apple cider usually happens at some point in the evening too. In 2020 though, when we couldn't go over to Mom's house on Christmas Eve for...reasons...we had a bonfire outside and sat on opposite sides of that. Chilly but fun, and we'd run an extension cord so we could use the toaster and have artichoke dip without smoked toast.
Turtle soup was more of a Victorian thing, although some of my Edwardian cookbooks have a "mock turtle soup" which is basically pea soup (which is pureed). Smooth soup was more of a general trend rather than a hard-and-fast rule.
Hi Kate. Great video. I'm with you and will be the only one at my house having a vegetarian Christmas dinner! I'll pass a thought and good wishes to you as I scoff down my kale and whatever I have with it. : ) All the best.
Thanks! The sweater is from the 1915 edition of "The Columbia Book of Yarns": archive.org/details/columbiabookofya01schu/page/183 I use this recipe for my plum pudding (minus the goji berries) and with a custard sauce instead of the brandy one : hemsleyandhemsley.com/recipe/christmas-pudding/
The past few years, my family has really liked field roast's celebration loaf. It's meatless, quick to make, and delicious! We like it better than turkey. Turkey is really over rated.
I think my initial estimate of 4-9 courses was a bit low. I was looking back at more of the menus and 8-11 courses seems a more realistic number!
PS: There's a slight typo at 16:02 It should read "a Conventional Christmas Dinner" (as you can clearly see in the image). Whoops! I was rather tired when I was making/editing this one!
It’s fun to see what people did in the past, and how much menu variation there was. I’ve noticed that in Canada there seems to be an almost set menu nowadays for Christmas dinner, with little variation from family to family. Turkey with gravy and/or ham, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes/baked sweet potatoes/roast parsnips, green beans/brussels sprouts/carrots.
My BF’s family does something very different - tacos! It’s great because it accommodates vegetarians and meat eaters, and it’s a lot of fun to dress your tacos with the toppings you want.
We have a big buffet in Sweden with the Christmas ham with mustard being the centerpiece. Other standard dishes are meatballs (with allspice) Prince sausages, Christmas sausage Jansson's temptation (a potato and anchovy casserole), Christmas bread with butter and cheese, pickled herring, boiled potatoes, beans in brown sauce, kale salad, beetroot salad (amazing with the meatballs) and sometime the Christmas porridge is part of the buffet, but usually it's a separate meal.
Also, in my family we tend to eat at around 2-3 and not have a dinner, just have more of the buffet.
For dessert there's toffee, chocolate, fruits and nuts, coffee, gingerbread, saffron buns and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. 😂
Anyway, it's a pretty big feast and quite heavy on the animal products, but there are lots of veggie recipes and options too.
I love your Edwardian Christmas themed videos, I enjoy them immensely every-time! I would love to see updates on your nut turkey and your other vintage kitchen recipe ventures! I love learning new vintage recipes to try out myself as well! I am definitely looking forward to your upcoming Edwardian cooking videos! Since Edwardians drink a lot of coffee for Christmas, I would be curious to see if there are any Edwardian Christmas tea related things for those that did not like coffee in those times, if you find any information regarding that, I would love to know!
I love your Edwardian videos so much. I live in a 1910 home and I love learning about what life may have been like back then. I think I mentioned in another video but I loved your Hallowe'en video so much that I threw my own nut party -- a huge success! As a result, I have a friend who wants to throw her own nut party in a different city she moved to.
Thank you also for supplying the vegetarian options. Those Edwardians really were endearingly nutty huh?
I tried a Christmas Pudding (Plum Pudding) recipe from the late Victorian/early Edwardian period (no date exactly, but it uses whipped egg whites for leavening rather than chemical leavened, so it's possibly earlier, but my source was from the aforementioned periods). The original recipe says it serves 12. I have a 3 quart (over 5 pound) plum pudding now. By modern standards, I have between 18 and 24 servings of that dessert. So I'm not sure about smaller serving sizes, at least for dessert. My poor dad was envisioning something the size of a store bought pudding (maybe 4 oz/125 grams) when he asked me to make one. We all got a bit of a shock at the end.
Wow, that's a lot of plum pudding!
Thank you for this interesting bit of history! I love the sweater you are wearing. Did you make it?
Thanks! I did :) It's from a 1915 pattern book.
@@TheLongHairedFlapper It's fabulous!🌹
I'm all about those Christmas desserts! Especially cookies. I made black bean brownies every week, so I'm curious about the gluten free bean pudding. That nut turkey sure sounds...interesting....
I use this recipe for my plum pudding (minus the goji berries) but with a plain custard sauce instead of the brandy one : hemsleyandhemsley.com/recipe/christmas-pudding/
That's so interresting! We still have what we call "fruktsoppa" (fruit soup) in Sweden and the most common kinds are billberry, rosehip and mixed fruits. The first two are more "healthy", as in the billberry does wonders for stomach issues and rosehip is full of vitamine C.
There are also different fruit "cremes" (not the dairy kind) that is just a thicker kind of product, most commonly strawberry or raspberry. These are often served in a bowl with milk or cream added as a dessert or snack.
Yum! Those sound tasty!
I recognize some of the Bettina illustrations!
Also, your sweater is adorable, and if it was hand-knit, I’d love to know what pattern was used.
It’s interesting to me how many of the earlier traditions were constants in my grandmother’s holiday tables. Celery and black olives. And pearl onions, which nobody liked, but we insisted on because we had pearl onion races with my grandfather when my grandmother wasn’t looking. If you push down on a cooked pearl onion with the back of a fork, it will open like a telescope and shoot across the plate. This was such a silly joyful bit of naughtiness every holiday meal.
Thanks! It's the "Ladies' Knitted Kimono" from The Columbia Book of Yarns (1915 edition).
Oh my gosh, it's such a pet peeve of mine when tv shows call something Victorian when it's actually Edwardian. Or, call something Victorian when it's actually from the Enlightenment/18th century. Those are two VERY distinct time periods, my dudes!! Get it right! 😆
Interestingly enough, my family doesn't traditionally do a Big Christmas Dinner. Our thing is Decadent Breakfast (usually a quiche and cinnamon rolls) and then High Tea with everything we can manage. Smoked salmon dip/sandwiches (of course, I'm from the PNW), chicken pie, sausage rolls, and whatever sandwiches and scones we feel like making. Apple cider usually happens at some point in the evening too.
In 2020 though, when we couldn't go over to Mom's house on Christmas Eve for...reasons...we had a bonfire outside and sat on opposite sides of that. Chilly but fun, and we'd run an extension cord so we could use the toaster and have artichoke dip without smoked toast.
So was the infamous turtle soup also pureed or smooth broth?
Turtle soup was more of a Victorian thing, although some of my Edwardian cookbooks have a "mock turtle soup" which is basically pea soup (which is pureed). Smooth soup was more of a general trend rather than a hard-and-fast rule.
Ha ha. This was so fun Kate! I noticed your decorations right away. Will be looking forward to your food creations. Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi Kate. Great video. I'm with you and will be the only one at my house having a vegetarian Christmas dinner! I'll pass a thought and good wishes to you as I scoff down my kale and whatever I have with it. : ) All the best.
Hi,
Great video, I'd love the recipe for the gluten free pudding 😊
Also that sweater looks really good on you, what pattern did you use?
Thanks! The sweater is from the 1915 edition of "The Columbia Book of Yarns": archive.org/details/columbiabookofya01schu/page/183
I use this recipe for my plum pudding (minus the goji berries) and with a custard sauce instead of the brandy one : hemsleyandhemsley.com/recipe/christmas-pudding/
@@TheLongHairedFlapper Thank you so much for the links 😄
These people eat more in a Christmas meal than a "low" class family would eat in one week typically !
The past few years, my family has really liked field roast's celebration loaf. It's meatless, quick to make, and delicious! We like it better than turkey. Turkey is really over rated.