Parkin
You would have thought that for Bonfire Night we'd have looked at Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Plot, or even the origins of fireworks. But no. Ren developed a slight obsession with Parkin during our very first visit to North Yorkshire and then when we visited on actual Bonfire Night last year it became integrated into our own traditions. Her family are from up this way, so she's sort of reclaimed a bit of her heritage, and that is why we've decided to look at Parkin today, plus we ran a story recently as Ren wanted to dip into historical food and actually make it, and the results on the poll were all for it so thanks for that! So we used our post today as an excuse to make Parkin and try a shop bought one to compare. Our actually foodie reels are coming out next year as we want to do up the kitchen first, but it was nice to trial it beforehand. Keep your eyes peeled this time next year for a proper reel! So there are several variations of Parkin, all of which display it i...
