Christmas Pudding

 

In England, one of the traditional Christmas desserts is Christmas Pudding (Plum pudding).  It has a long history dating back to the 14th century, when it was called ‘Frumenty.’  At that time it was made with beef, mutton, raisins, pruns, spices, and wine.  It has slowly changed over the years to become what it is now.

Christmas Pudding is filled with dried fruit, nuts, spices, candied peel, and often brandy.  It is made days, weeks, or months ahead of time and allowed to marinate.  Then it is steamed for hours on Christmas day.

preparing Christmas Pud

After eating a big Christmas dinner, you finish off with Christmas Pudding, which you flambé at the table. 

Flambe Christmas Pudding

Sounds exciting doesn’t it!  Well, you can join us as we discover even more about Christmas Pudding with the help of our English neighbors, Lisa and Danny.  They were such good sports to teach us about Christmas pudding and letting us video.

Hairy Christmas

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10 Replies to “Christmas Pudding”

  3. looks yummy! wish i could taste it. Merry Christmas Dave, Nancy, Summer and Luie!! I loved Luie’s comment, “will i like it mama?” got a kick out of that!! Enjoy you Christmas in England.

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    1. Thanks Mary. Luie tried a few bites and decided that he did not like it. So Dave ended up finishing his. But it is always fun to try something new! Merry Christmas to you too!

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  4. Loved the accents of your neighbors. How fun to be able to have them explain their customs and food in detail and you could all understand it perfectly. Hairy Christmas? Pretty funny! Reminds me of Tom accidently typing Hark the Harold Angels Sing on the Church program! I could just see a bunch of Harolds singing.

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    1. Thanks Susan. Lisa and Danny were such good sports to teach us about Christmas traditions and let us videotape it. We had a lot of fun. That is a great story about Tom. I was so tired the first time I made the Hairy Christmas picture, that I spelled it Harry. I was so embarrassed the next morning when Summer told me what I had done. Oh well, another funny memory.

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  7. Yep – they were spot on! Sounded like one of our Christmases back home! Although – we haven’t done the Christmas pud for years. Before we went decimal, it was tradition to put a sixpence (about 2 1/2 pence) in the pud and who ever got that was considered very lucky!! Merry Christmas you guys! Thanks for sharing your wonderful adventures

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