Gunpowder, Treason and Parkin
Happy 5th of November to you, my friends! I’d love to wish you a happy Bonfire Night, but I plan for this post to reach you early in the morning, and it doesn’t feel right to be talking about the night time just yet, does it? I love Bonfire Night – much more than Halloween. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that to me, it feels very British. Setting fire to things and making lots of noise in honour of a murder attempt on the House of Lords, or something like that. It just feels very us. We’re here on my corner of the Internet together today because Taylors Tea invited me to spice up a classic Bonfire Night recipe in honour of their Spiced Apple tea – which, as I’m sure you can imagine, is very appropriate for this time of year. Parkin is the first thing that sprung to mind, because I looked into it a lot last year whilst planning my Bonfire Night content and never got around …