Bonfire Night

noun

: the night of November 5th observed in Britain with fireworks and bonfires to celebrate the capture in 1605 of a group of people who planned to destroy the buildings of Parliament

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The technical was to make a vegan version of parkin, a northern dessert that is traditionally served for Bonfire Night. —