We did the ritual sacrifice on the bonfire of Guy Fawkes (or in my head it was Joe Smith but I didn't mention it to avoid killing the spirit of the occasion).
We had pea and ham soup with cheesy rolls, hot pot and parkin. The kids had their treacle toffee, toffee apples and marshmallows toasted in the embers.
The finale - a great firework display which was brought to a crescendo accompanied by the 1812 Overture - timed to perfection.
I had two glasses of Hardy's Ozzy Red and the blokes quaffed a cider or two.
A lovely time was had by all.
:-)
Briggy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2011 06:00PM by brigantia.
Hot pot is a delicious Lancashire dish, like a lamb stew, and Parkin is a very nice cake made from black treacle and oats. Similar ingredients to flapjacks but very different.
"Smoke from a bonfire and fireworks show caused a fiery weekend crash on a highway in southwestern England that killed seven people, police said Sunday"
Nope. He was involved in a plot to blow up the British parliament in 1605 when King James 1 was opening the session. He was caught red handed in the basement about to light the fuse to barrels on gunpowder. He and his co conspirators were Catholics opposed to James who was protestant. Guy Fawkes is burned in effigy on bonfires throughout Britain on the 5th. Never a country to miss out on tradition, British soldiers to this day search the basement of Parliament when the Queen delivers her opening day speech.
Just to make it clear, we celebrate the fact he was caught and stopped from blowing people up, we don't celebrate him or his life! (We should start calling it 'death of Guy Fawkes celebration to be more accurate!)