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-3,"Tis the season to be jolly,
to. eat, drink, and be merry,
with the emphasis on eating.
But after endless servings of
turkey | casseroles, * turkey»
‘soup,. “turkey sandwiches,
turkey a la king, turkey ad
infinitum, it’s time for a
change. -

“Would a gilded peacock

tickle. your taste buds? In -

16th-century England it was

the prize dish. Painted with

shimmering gold gilt, with a
lighted wick in. its beak, it
was the elegant centerpiece
of the Christmas banquet. A
dainty dish fit for a king, but
not very nourishing.

So how about a _ boar’s
head? A favourite” in
medieval times, it has rather
fallen from favour. But a few
die-hard enthusiasts © still
keep the tradition alive. The
most famous locally is the
Hotel Vancouver, where the
boar, riding on a silver plat-
ter with an apple stuffed in
its mouth, is carried into the
dining room in lordly splen-
dour.

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Yule. The sacred feast of the

“heroes ‘of Valhalla; it was

associated with the great
Sun-Boar (hence the-apple in
its. mouth, a symbol of the

-sun) and was related to the -

pig sacrificed to the goddess
of fertility, Frey. But this is
just a touch too pagan, and
rather heavy going for
Christmas dinner; besides,
who wants to look eye-to-
eye with a dead pig?

Perhaps some beef would
be a change, served in the

To all our customers and other good friends
on the North Shore, the management and staff at
Pearson's Hardware express best wishes
for the holiday season.

Pearson’s will be closed all day,
December 31 for stock taking.

Pearson’s

Hardware

1229 Lonsdale Ave.,

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head spread to Europe from .
_ Scandinavia; -where it. was
.eaten during the festival of |

. piece of Tourtiere, although

_ could try Finnish dried cod,"
‘or Czechoslovakian baked -

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The Staff at.

“Heads.n Tales
would like to thank:
“Our Customers for

‘ their'support _ -
» throughout the year

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traditional. Ontario pioneer

Peter Kellerman.

method ~—--spiced with.
juniper berries. -_ ‘to all our customers
And those with French- . ° and friends | :

Canadian tastes may fancy a

Christmas Joy | | from —-.

the original base of this meat — The. wonder of the
pie, the passenger pigeon, is _ holiday brings comfort _
regrettably extinct. to one and all. May it-

last forever.”

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West Vancouver

People on a meatless diet

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carp, traditionally served on
Christmas Eve. And ‘many
vegetarians (and even some
Finns) rave over Finnish
Christmas Turnip Loaf.

But I think I'll pass on the
turnip, and gilded peacock is
a trifle too expensive con-
sidering the price of gold, |
and I don't. know how to
cook a boar’s head, and
juniper berries are rather
rare. But a goose drumstick
would be tasty, and fried
chicken is delicious, and
then there's roast pork, and

fish, and potatoes, and
gravy, and pudding, and
cake, and nuts, and ... well,

perhaps I will have just a few
slices of turkey.

The management & staff of
Trendsetters Hair Studio
wishes all their clientele a very Merry Christmas

Trendsetters
Hair Studio

Open Mon.-Sat.
Late Thuraday

6S Lonsdale
985-1512

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