MY BANQUET WITH FRANCIS THE FIRST By: William

Hello everyone, Today I am hosting a banquet for King Francis the First. I am looking forward to eating all of the lovely food. Mind you, if the servants don’t prepare the meal up to my standards, I might have to consider beheading them!!

Menu For Francis 1st Perry Beer Wine Sherry (Sack) Mead Cider Raw oysters Black pudding Roasted swan Eggs in mustard sauce Jumbles (Knotted biscuits) Cockentrice Pickled beef lungs Baked breast of hen and lark Spit Roasted Dolphin Castle shaped fruit Jellies

For a quick video on what I would have got up to at meal times, go to YouTube and click on Horrible Histories - Tudor Diet Plan.

A story from a past banquet. A few banquets ago…….. I was sitting down at the table and I ordered a servant to go pick up the Blackbird pie. They obviously didn’t manage to cook the birds, therefore, when I HEROICLY cut it up…….. All of the blackbirds flew out and I screamed. Later on, when the servant’s head was about to be chopped off, he told me that there were supposed to be live birds in there and the previous kings, would use these pies all the time. Sadly, it was too late, because when I turned to apologise, his head was on the floor!!

These are some of my special dishes! The dish I am going to show you first is my all time favourite – BLACKBIRD PIE!

Here is my second favorite dish the astonishing Cockentrice Sew the front half of a cockerel onto the back half of a baby pig and roast!!!!!!! Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! = yummy!

HELLO. THIS IS THE ONLY LAND I OWN HELLO .THIS IS THE ONLY LAND I OWN. MEANWHILE, MY FRIEND HENRY JUST OVER THERE IS HAVING HIS WONDERFUL FEASTING BANQUET WITH DOLPHIN, BLACK PUDDING AND THINGS LIKE ROASTED SWAN ! COMPARE THAT TO MY DINNER WHICH IS JUST BEANS, CABBAGE, BREAD, A LITTLE LEFT OVER HARE AND SOME ALE.

Thank You for reading and watching this PowerPoint presentation Thank You for reading and watching this PowerPoint presentation. I have to say, I think I gave Francis the First a wonderful banquet at Hampton Court Palace…what was YOUR favourite dish?? Thank You. Goodbye!