Comments on: Christmas Pudding

By: Melissa @ The Inspired Room

Melissa @ The Inspired Room — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:58:00 +0000

I think I might have had plum pudding when I was in England as a teenager but I had forgotten all about it! How fun!

Thanks for sharing!

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:44:51 +0000

Real plum pudding! I’ve never had it. Does it live up to its reputation?

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:58:11 +0000

Julia – bless you, no I don’t think you’re ignorant it’s one of those ‘two countries seperated by a common language’ things. Pretty much everything here that is a desert is described by some people as a ‘pudding’ – it’s kind of an old fashioned word. Christmas Pudding is the original and best kind of pudding though I’ll do a post on Mince Pies this weekend, you’ll love those they are delicious despite the awful name

By: hookedonhouses

hookedonhouses — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:46:48 +0000

Okay, this is totally going to make me sound like an ignorant American, but I was never really sure what Christmas pudding was. I read a lot of British novels, and it’s frequently mentioned, but I wondered what it looked and tasted like. My idea of “pudding” is the chocolate stuff you make from a box on the stove top. I’m glad to finally see a photo and learn more about it!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:22 +0000

Laura! That is such a sweet story and I bet your Great Grandma’s recipe is amazing. Can you publish it? I bet it would be a hit

By: Laura @ the shorehouse.

Laura @ the shorehouse. — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:15:27 +0000

Ohhh….this totally reminds me of my grandma! She would start the plum pudding process about this time each year — there would be a whole assembly line of little green bowls she’d use as molds. I was in charge of helping stuff the bowls prior to boil, and then wrapping the finished products. And there were MANY! She was a British ex-pat living in NY and she used to make them for all her little English friends in church. When we cleaned out her house a couple of years ago (she lived to be 97 — must be something good in the plum pudding! I took the little green bowls and a couple of old books I found. And…wouldn’t you know…I got home and the plum pudding recipe rolled out of one of the cookbooks…in her *mum’s* handwriting!! I treasure that little scrap of paper.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:59:43 +0000

How awful! People really don’t think sometimes do they? One of our friends is allergic to wheat, nuts, seafood, eggs to the point he has to carry an epi-pen. So maybe I’m used to coming up with alternative recipe’s?. I hope you enjoy the wheat free version!

By: apieceofwood

apieceofwood — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:55:08 +0000

Great to see a wheat free version -I can’t eat wheat and usually struggle through Christmas and most other times with people generally thinking all I can eat is plain salad..