UK Celebrations & Observances

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Occasions Unique To The United Kingdom
Brigid's Day, Burn's Night, Hogmanay, Mothering Sunday...

GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.

Guy Fawkes Day / Bonfire Night

Highland Game Soup - Scots Independent

Rich Scottish Chocolate Cake (for the Scottish Daft Days) - Scots Independent

Something To Make You See In The Dark (V-E Day recipes: mock sole, carrot cookies) - The Orcadian

Yule

BRIGID'S DAY

Click here for the Christian 'St. Brigid's Day'

Click here for the Pagan 'Brigid's Day'

BURN'S NIGHT

Burn's Night (how to celebrate, recipes, poetry...) - BBC

Burn's Night Recipes (neeps, tatties, haggis, cock-a-leekie soup) - NorthIrish.net

Burn's Night Special Recipe - Drinks Mixer

Celebrate Burn's Night With The Haggis (includes recipe for whiskey toddy) - Moirbooks

It's Traditional: Burn's Night (scroll down for recipes: cock-a-leekie soup, tatties-an-neeps/clapshot, tipsy laird) - Traditions UK

Organising A Burns Supper - iVillage

Recipes For Burn's Night Celebrations (cullen skink, bridies, the bagless haggis, neeps & tatties) - Fada 's Farsaing

Wee Scottish Beastie & Mashed Root Vegetables (vegan haggis) - Foods For Life

HOGMANAY

A Menu For Hogmanay In Scotland (kipper cream, black bun) - Scottish Radiance

A Pie's A Pie For A' That (New Year steak pie) - The Independent

A Rich Scotch Bun/Black Bun - The Recipe Circus

Black Bun - Scottish Culture

Black Bun - Rampant Scotland

Black Bun - Recipe Hound

Black Bun Recipe - Traditional Scottish Recipes

Hogmanay Hangover ("cures" for the morning after) - Hogmanay.net

Scotch Black Bun - Chef2Chef

Special Occassions: Hogmanay (blackbun, Taigh na Mara Highland shortbread) - Vegan Society

MOTHERING SUNDAY / MID-LENT SUNDAY

A Simnel Cake For Mothering Sunday - Chippingnorton.net

Bake A Traditional Cake For Your Mum (simnal cake) - BBC Shropshire

Bake Fest Friday & My Mum (cranberry & lemon springtime cake) - Cherry's English Kitchen

Bury Simnel Cake (ancient recipe) - Lynsted Community Website

Lancashire Fig Pie - Recipe-zaar

Mid-Lent Sunday & The Origins Of Mother's Day (scroll down for simnel cake recipe) - Wilson's Almanac

Mothering Sunday (simnel cake recipe) - Human Flower Project

Mothering Sunday (vegan simnel cake) - Vegan Christians

Mothering Sunday UK (simnel cake with almond paste) - Everyday's A Holiday

Mrs. Margaret Rodwell’s Recipe For Simnel Cake - St. Boniface Church, Bunbury

Scrambled Eggs Wrapped In Smoked Salmon - Jill Dupleix

Simnel Cake - Irish Cultures & Customs

Simnel Cakes: A Traditional Lenten Cake Associated With Mothering Sunday And Laetare Sunday - Kir-Shalom

Something To Make For Mothering Sunday (small cakes) - The Parish of St. Matthew With St. Paul, Winchester

Traditional British Mothering Sunday Simnel Cake - Recipe-zaar