Plum pudding?
My mother and I are sometimes as interested in how pretty our table looks or the atmosphere at the restaurant more than the food itself. Stupid I know from a person who loves to eat and is always focused on her next meal. I would make a great dog.  Anyway, I was on a house tour last weekend and one of the houses had a display of delectable desserts that a local baker makes. There was a beautiful plum pudding on the table. My mother likes to read Regency romances at Christmas and there is often a plum pudding on the cover picture. As I looked at that pretty little cake I thought it might be fun to order one for an additional dessert when my parents come over Christmas Eve for dinner as a surprise for my mom. Now the question: What does plum pudding taste like? Is it like fruit cake with bits of plums in it? (yuck) Or is it similar to gingerbread? (yummy) Or better yet, is it similar to bread pudding? (I ate it every chance I got in England) I would appreciate the input of those of you who have tasted plum pudding before I order something that no one wants to eat. |
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| I'm no help, but I can't wait to hear the answer! |
| Plum pudding - or at least what my great - grandmother called Plum Pudding is kind of like a fruit cake. It used to be a tradition in my mother's family to have it every Christmas - My great grandmother would start making it November and let it "ferment" until Christmas. It is made with raisins, currents, dried cranberries & lots of rum. I have the recipe if you are interested. I cant log in - but this is Stephanie/sneakysheepie |
| Are you on about an English plum pudding or is there an American one ? If it's an English one .A plum pudding is an old way of saying Christmas Pudding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding If you read about the Christmas pud you will see we sometimes put old money in the puds ,usually a sixpence, this is where i get my forum name from.I swallowed a sixpence when i was very young from a christmas pud and my dad had to turn me upside down and pat my back so i would spit it out and not choke one christmas day  |
Quote: If you read about the Christmas pud you will see we sometimes put old money in the puds ,usually a sixpence, this is where i get my forum name from.I swallowed a sixpence when i was very young from a christmas pud and my dad had to turn me upside down and pat my back so i would spit it out and not choke one christmas day Yay for your dad!  Thanks for sharing the authentic version with us.  |
here some info on it, very traditional for christmas here too even though we live in a hot climate that time of year.  We usually have Pavlova if a hot christmas day for dessert.  Pudding usually served with Hot Brandy custard or cream or Ice cream and always the pudding is served hot. Some even pour brandy over it and set it alight another tradition too. No plums in it, a variety of dried fruits soaked in brandy then incoporated into the pudding mix, steamed not baked like a cake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding Sixpence had to laugh at you swallowing the sixpence in the pudding, as a kid I hated the taste of the plum pudding but knowing there was money in it I use to sit there and poke apart the slice of pudding to see and hopefully have a coin in the serve. Then eat the custard off it and leave a splattered mess of the pudding on the plate.  |
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