Remember Remember the 5th of November...2019

Remember, Remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder treason and plot. I know no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!.

Bonfire night commemorates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in November 1605 by a gang of Roman Catholic activists led by Warwickshire born Robert Catesby. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, having rented a house close to the Houses of Parliament, managed to smuggle 36 barrels of gunpowder into the cellar of the Houses of Lords-enough to completely destroy the building. The scheme began to unravel when an anonymous letter was sent to William Parker, the 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26th October 1605 warning him to avoid the House of Lords on November 5th.

Explosive expert Fawkes, who had been left in the cellars to set off the fuse, was subsequently caught when a group of guards discovered him at the last moment. Fawkes was arrested, sent to the Tower of London and tortured until he gave up the names of his fellow plotters. For more info go here.

We always celebrated Bonfire night when we lived in Scotland with a bonfire, fireworks and warming foods such as spicy tomato soup, hot dogs, jacket potatoes and a few other various treats.

We do usually have hot dogs and soup for tea on 5th November so this year I decided to do a bonfire night type dinner.

I had spicy pumpkin soup for lunch.

Cerys made brownies.

I made chilli cheese hot dogs.

I also made some sausage rolls.

Onion rings with ketchup.

I made up some spicy batter and drizzled it into hot oil to make firework fritters.

And that's it for another year 🎆🎇

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