The Origins Of Traditional Halloween Food
October 31st 2011 00:57
The traditional Halloween cake in Ireland is the barnbrack cake which is a fruit bread. Other traditional foods included colcannon, a meal of potato, kale and onion. Coins were wrapped in baking paper and placed in the food for children to find and keep.
Villagers in Ireland hoped that a lantern carved from a turnip in their window would keep wandering spirits away. When millions of Irish migrated to America there was not a great supply of turnips so pumpkins were used instead and the Jack-o-lantern was born.
In modern times Halloween food includes toffee apples (candy apples),
Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup and pumpkin bread as well as spooky food such as witches fingers, grape eyeballs, watermelon brains and chocolate spiders for kids parties.
Historic info courtesy of (C) Copyright Really Long Link
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