Sausage Rolls

Along with fox hunting, shooting features as a sport at Downton on a number of occasions. We see not only the excitement of bringing down a bird but also the tedium of waiting for the other guns and the beaters to get into position before the beaters flush out the pheasants and partridges from the undergrowth. Edwardian shooting parties generally involved a substantial breakfast and an expansive late lunch, though sometimes lunch was replaced by an even later tea, as shooters sought to make