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Merry Christmas everyone. What a year, so lets round it off in comfort. This special episode features.

• Thank you’s.

• Quick chat about Victorian Christmas Cards

• Introducing Mrs Beeton, and the standardisation of recipes.

• Why running a household really was difficult.

• A valet or a butler?

• Hints of gender conflicts and the danger of left over Turkey.

• Order above all – Spit Spot.

• Mince pies, and extraordinary mince pies

• What would the neighbours say?

• The birth of sweets

• Dying for a humbug

• Pass the arsenic.

• A Christmas Ghost story.

You can find the full mince pie recipe here

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