Victorian christmas food

Browse our royally delicious collection of Victorian recipes for everything from Battenberg cake to kedgeree.

These 5 historical old-fashioned Christmas recipes from 100 years ago are amazing and totally from scratch. Grab these now and serve up favorites like Ma and Laura Ingalls Wilder would have.

Goose, seasonal in England due to migratory patterns, was readily hunted, and while this may seem pretentious to us, it was both easily available and seasonal. Now, you may certainly make this recipe with turkey if that's what's available to you, but I'm including it here with the traditional goose merely because it would make Mrs. Beeton happy (and because I'm hoping those of you who hunt will be able to put the recipe to good use).

This sample of popular holiday eats at Christmastime in the UK are just what you need to put you in the spirit.

From the era before electricity, automobiles and radio come old-fashioned recipes for Christmas side dishes. Get a taste of the holidays, Victorian style!

The Victorians hung sweets and dried, sugared fruits from their Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts. They would make pretty coloured boxes or cones of paper to hang them in.

Mince pies at Christmas in Britain are delicious. This traditional British Christmas food guide will show you traditional British Christmas dinner foods, traditional British Christmas cake, British food recipes, British Christmas drinks, Christmas pudding ideas, and more. #british #christmas #food #christmasfood #mincepies

An Authentic Victorian Christmas Feast

A classic bake for Christmas from the UK with a lot of fans (but also haters): Victorian Christmas Fruit Cake. I like it a lot!

The 13-course Christmas meal, which would have been served at posh family Christmas dos, would have taken a team of 15 working 12 hours each, resulting in an impressive 180 hours of labour.