Mince Pie Cooking Demonstration and Afternoon Tea

In December 2022, La Table des Amis de Provence offered “Mince Pie Cooking Demonstration and Afternoon Tea” to members and friends.

This event would be a demonstration class in Lucy’s home to learn how she makes her mince pies and would be followed by a convivial afternoon tea. Why do we eat mince pies at Christmas? They became a popular treat around the festive period thanks to a tradition from the middle ages, which saw people eat a mince pie for 12 days from Christmas day to Twelfth Night. Doing this was believed to bring you happiness for the next 12 months We can’t guarantee you happiness but nobody does mince pies better than Lucy. We order at least a dozen every year and they are delicious. This is a fund raising event for the Busoga Trust, a charity that constructs and rehabilitates wells, boreholes, latrines and washrooms in the Busoga Region of Uganda.

Historical account reconstructed from La Table’s archived event materials.