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Ep. 3: Love and Fruitcake


For the second month in a row we’re chatting about a bombastic historical Pierre. In this episode we’re celebrating weddings old and new, focusing on Pierre and Margaret Trudeau’s secret wedding in 1971. We’re talking about the history of British wedding traditions and how they translated to this Canadian wedding—and how Margaret made both her gown and cake. 

We also tried our hand at reproducing that cake, albeit on a smaller scale. It turns out that fruitcake sort of defies the idea of “scale” – but we’ll get into that.

Happy listening! Check out our show notes below for links to articles, photos and resources that we mentioned in this episode.

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Note: In this episode we mention the weight of our homemade fruitcake. After weighing what’s left of our fruitcake, we’re estimating an 8lb cake!

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PIERRE AND MARGARET TRUDEAU

Margaret’s Recipe: Cartwright, Susan & Alan Edmonds. The Prime Ministers’ Cookbook. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. 1976. p. 160-1.

Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau by John English: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0031TZAAC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

If you’d like to read a little about their marriage without buying the book, Maclean’s ran an excerpt in this article,
Pierre and Maggie: The Untold Story: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/pierre-maggie-the-untold-story/

CBC Digital Archives: The Secret Wedding: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/maggie-and-pierre-the-secret-wedding

FASHION

Lilian Scott Desbarats fonds, LAC: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2016-12-01T00%3A20%3A23Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=101591&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Apam〈=eng


Emily Carr University of Art and Design on
Margaret Trudeau’s wedding dress: http://bc150.ecuad.ca/museum/12_05.html

Vancouver Sun gallery of Trudeau wedding photos: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Gallery+Pierre+Margaret+Trudeau+wedding+reception+honeymoon+Whistler/6243880/story.html


FOOD

Colorado annual fruitcake toss: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20111218-worldwide-weird-colorados-annual-fruitcake-toss

Don’t Blame the Fruitcake, Blame the
Recipe: http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/22/fruitcake-weather/

Ultimate Guide to Fruitcake: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/menus/fruitcake.htm

Nigel Slater on fruitcake for The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002

Pound cake and fruit cake definitions: http://cookit.e2bn.org/cooking2/foodtypes-495-cake-p

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