I see some people are serving Christmas pudding this Christmas. I have heard of plum pudding but never Christmas pudding. I read it originated in England and it is a British tradition. How is this pudding made and do people really let it hang for weeks? That is interesting. How good is it and is there a place in the states I could sample some before the holidays are over?
2007-11-28 05:36:48 · 5 answers · asked by momof3 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
If they are the same I couldnt tell you.
2007-11-28 05:41:57 · update #1
Christmas pudding, plum pudding, and figgy pudding are all one and the same. But heres' a link to a traditional christmas pudding recipe. Why not have sme fun and make it yourself andimpress everyone at christmas dinner.
2007-11-28 05:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by West 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The best Christmas pudding is one that is made at home, unless you can find one in a gourmet shop. The recipe that I use is by Delia Smith, and I am attaching it. I will make mine this week. I usually make it 4 weeks before Christmas. It's not a huge project, but the steaming process means staying in all day (8 hours for steaming), to top up any evaporated water, etc.
Of course, you can buy a pudding in the stores, but as with fruitcake, the ones in the shops are not as good as a traditional home-made one (unless you wish to spend a fair bit of money in a gourmet shop for one of an excellent quality, similar as Delia's.) And if a person has had only store-bought fruitcake, then they likely do not know how wonderful a real, home-made cake is (the same can be said of the puddings.) So, maybe this will be a good time for you to make one.
2007-11-28 13:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by SB 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christmas Pudding is basically the same as Plum Pudding. The difference is that the CP recipe doesn't include prunes any more. Lots of people do hang (or stand) their puds for weeks, even months, for the flavour to improve, and "feed" the pudding with brandy, rum, whisky or even sherry for anything up to a year before.
We stand well back before lighting it! :-)
2007-11-28 13:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by potters477 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give me some Figgy Pudding !!!
2007-11-28 13:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by Fuzzybutt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
funny. i thought they were the same thing
2007-11-28 13:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by primalclaws1974 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋