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Advent Calendar Day 3: Have a Carnivorous Christmas

And if you can't make it to Smithfields, you can always resort to Hilary Briss the butcher...

On the third day of Advent, 1927,  advocates for a Carnivorous Christmas:

"Despite all the attacks of foreign fashions, the Englishman is still at heart carnivorous, and at this season he reverts to type. Masses of meat go down his throat, and Smithfield is worked to its utmost capacity supplying them..."

Vegetarians shouldn't despair. Help is in hand from the 1964 and 1973 editions of Woman's Hour, which promise recipes and cooking tips on their  and  sections.

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