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Published 1975
‘A royal dyshe for the Christmas Feast.’
This comes from Lancashire and dates from the late fifteenth century. It is translated and simplified here, but not altered except that a pig’s head must replace the boar’s, unless you order a boar’s head from France where ‘wild’ boars are bred in certain areas. The head is not pickled as in many recipes, as it is intended for a specific feast and is prepared only 5 or 6 days in advance. If well pickled with salt and saltpetre it will keep fo