1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 What was on the table&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;a Tudor Christmas&amp;nbsp;dinner? From the lavish feasts of Henry VIII to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;sugar delicacies gifted to Elizabeth I, Christmas at court was a&amp;nbsp;spectacle&amp;nbsp;to behold&amp;nbsp;and to taste!&amp;nbsp;But for ordinary people,&amp;nbsp;the preservation of&amp;nbsp;meats, cheese,&amp;nbsp;fruit&amp;nbsp;and vegetables&amp;nbsp;was essential to&amp;nbsp;even&amp;nbsp;last&amp;nbsp;the winter.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In this episode, Hampton Court Palace’s Historic Kitchens Team discuss the culture&amp;nbsp;and festivities of the Christmas period in 16th&amp;nbsp;Century England, and&amp;nbsp;share their&amp;nbsp;experimental approaches to researching Tudor life through food.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Watch the team&amp;nbsp;recreate&amp;nbsp;the traditional Boar’s Head as a desert on our YouTube channel! Historic Royal Palaces Podcast https://www.hrp.org.uk <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39442130/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/39442130