Saturday 27 October 2012

How Big Was The Dish ?

Monstre Jubilee Pie was provided today in Littleborough for the 'old folks'.
It contained : 235lbs of beef, 20lbs of mutton, 16lbs of tongue, a  quantity of veal, 4 rabbits, 12 ox-tails, 3 large geese, a couple of ducks, 9 chickens, half a dozen cow's hearts and other ingredients.
Served up with this pie was 1 load of potatoes, 3cwt of carrots and turnips and 40 cabbages.
This was in October 1887.

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