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Talking turkey, and the traditions of festive fare


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cooked, pierce the thigh with a skewer. If the juices run clear, it is ready, if they run pink continue cooking.


TALKING TRADITIONS Many fascinating and bizarre traditions


have surrounded Christmas eating in Eng­ land over the past few centuries.


Christmas Pudding, also called plum


pudding, although it contains no plums at all, is traditionally steam-cooked in a cloth on "Stir-up Sunday" at the beginning of Advent. 'The pudding is traditionally stirred from east to west in honour of the three wise men and each family member gives the pudding a stir and makes a secret wish.


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Sometimes a clean shilling or six penny


piece is stirred into the pudding bringing luck to the finder on Christmas Day - as long as it's not swallowed. Mince pies were originally made from


minced meat and were shaped like a crib and decorated with tiny pastry Baby Jesus. Nowadays, mince pies are similar in shape but contain a sweet fruit filling. The majority of families - 90% - around


the UK will hope to serve up a succulent roast turkey (bird flu permitting) as the centrepiece of their festive meal this Christ­ mas. However, turkey is a relative newcomer


to the yuletide table - it was a luxury right up until the 1950s when refrigerators and freezers became more widely available. It was first brought over to the British


Isles in 1526 by Yorkshireman William Strickland who acquired six birds from American Indian traders on his travels (turkeys originate from Mexico) and sold them for tuppence each in Bristol. Prior to turkey, traditional Christmas fare in Britain included roast swan, pheasants and peacocks. A special treat was a roast boar’s head decorated with holly and fruit.


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Christmas pages con­ tinue here with a look at another of the symbols of Christmas - just how much do you know about the robin? Read here why Christmas is such an important time for these little garden birds...


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Bird call that brightens up bleakest day


PCHEEKY red-breasted robins are as big a symbol of Christmas as Santa, conifers and cribs. Robins have always been a popular


choice for cards since the Victorians first started to send and receive Christmas greetings via postmen, who were nicknamed Robin Redbreasts because of their bright red tunics. But while most people can identify


a robin as it hops across the lawn or picks up crumbs on the windowsill, there's more to the life of these season­ al favourites than their annual appearance on greetings cards. The little garden birds - they stand


about 14cm tall and weigh in at up to 22g - can live to he 10, but mortality rates are high and usually only a quar­ ter make it beyond their first birth­ day. Biggest enemies come in the guise of the neighbourhood moggy and traf­ fic.


Robins mainly eat insects but they


will also dine off fruit and seeds - making it vitally important to keep the bird table topped up when their natural food is at a premium. A nice, juicy mealworm courtesy of a friendly gardener is the robin's equivalent of five-star gourmet lunch. Statistics show that around 65% of


people regularly feed the birds visiting their gardens and that help can mean the difference between survival and death when food becomes scarce. Christmas is an important time for


sona of the chirpy robin - these birds can be as ruthless as any cinema hard- man. Bold and friendly they may be, hut they will defend their homes and territory against all-comers. Fights between males may be so vicious that one of the protagonists ends up fatally


Don’t be fooled by the popular per­


injured. Hostilities sometimes cease during


severe winters, when several birds can be seen feeding at the same table.


' bers of their continental cousins, who fly into Britain from places such as the Low Countries to escape freezing conditions. And it's not just the sight of robins


robins. Between the festive season and March they pair up, with the persist­ ent female chasing her chosen mate. Then, in true romantic fashion, he plies her with tasty morsels as part of the courtship ritual. At this time of year, our resident robins are often joined by large num-


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