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Every year I used to do the pudding challenge which was buy a pudding, let it sit there and when the time is right attack. Can't do it now cos my diet has changed so much over the year. It's a good thing though. Just a little sad.
modern puddings skimp on the brandy
it should have lots and lots of brandy, be wet with brandy
same with mince pies, they should have lots and lots of brandy
The same with a good rich fruit cake. Lots of brandy, and lots of time to mature the flavours. I'm currently eating the fruit cake I made last year, and I need to get more brandy before I can make another for next year.
I add extra brandy once it's warmed up.
but think of the children
and alcohol is society's most evilest drug s/
( it's also expensive )
Oh no just my piece. Mine swims in it.
Ps I'll still be eating it on Christmas day. I just can't do my own personal 450g pudding plus custard plus cream anymore.
I make puddings, it was my Grandma's recipe and it tastes sooo good. I make lots of little 1 cup sized ones and give them as gifts. There is a bit of quality control testing that occurs each year, just one from each batch.
Can't let a subpar pudd leave the kitchen.
That's the theory!
That's a good service. Shows you care.
It's a tough job but someone's gotta do it.
Am I the weirdo, having never liked pudding?
You just haven't found the pudding that's right for you.
Bought ones are horrible. Gotta be homemade and with decent ingredients. Omit all citrus peel if that's what's provoking the gag reflex. The mix of fruit is OPTIONAL - can use any dried fruit to make up the volume required. I like having apricot and dried cranberries in the mix but that's just me. My sister uses more sultanas than the Ottoman Empire at its height, dried mango and paw paw, and no currants at all. Both of us use whisky rather than brandy as such. Brandy belongs in the brandy butter to be served with it in our households.
The real joy of xmas pudding is Boxing Day breakfast, with slices of pud fried in a mix of equal quantities of brandy butter and orange juice, with custard. Perfect, I say perfect, hangover cure.
Yes. Yes you are. It's like hot cake with sauce, what's not to like?!
I have to agree. But then again, there are some bad puddings out there.
That is true. A good fruit pudding is very expensive to make, so it's common for ingredients to be skimped on. Plus some have a wierd taste/texture - I think it's too much date or fig or something like that, it reminds me a lot of the vegan "treats" that some people seem to love but I find revolting.
The ones that have too much orange peel that makes it bitter. Can be fixed with more custard though.
Ah that explains why I also dislike fruit mince pies then
i hate bought mince pies, cheap nasty pastry, skimps on filling and no brandy
I'm with you on that one, those things can get in the bin.
You're not drowning it In enough custard