The modern celebration of Mother's Day is England's "Mothering Sunday", also
called Mid-Lent Sunday, observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
In England in
the 1600's, young men and women who were apprentices or servants returned home
on Mothering Sunday, bringing to their mothers small gifts like
trinkets or a "mothering cake". Sometimes furmety was
served - wheat grains boiled in sweet milk, sugared and spiced.
In northern England and in Scotland, the preferred refreshments
were carlings - pancakes made of steeped pease fried
in butter, with pepper and salt. In fact, in some locations this
day was called Carling Sunday.
Another kind of mothering cake was the simnel cake,
a very rich fruit cake. The Lenten fast dictated that the simnel
cake had to keep until Easter. It was boiled in water, then baked,
and was often finished with an almond icing. Sometimes the crust
was of flour and water, colored with saffron.
Why not keep the tradition going and shower your mother with gifts
from Dunns this year!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!
Below is a small selection from our Mother's Day range:
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