Christmas Pudding

RobertKK

People who don't like Christmas pudding are doing it all wrong.

Get your dessert bowls.
Put in some slices of Christmas pudding.
Pour some hot custard over it.
Let it cool down, put in the fridge.
To serve add ice cream.

Delicious.

RobertKK

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Plenty of half price puddings next week, and they keep for months. Yum.

Bought 2 908g Christmas puddings from Supervalu for €4 each. Great value and the best thing about Christmas puddings is the alcohol in them preserves them for a very long time.
If there was going to be a food shortage, Christmas pudding would be there to eat a year later and still be fine...

Surreptitious

With whipped cream or warm custard. I don't like Christmas cake though.

MyStubbleItches

I have three ordered from three different sources, two homemade and one from a butcher. Love the stuff. Plenty of brandy butter and gallons of brandy cream. Will be attempting to make my own brandy cream this year as the bought stuff is pretty shìt to be fair.

Lucyfur

Peter Screeching Ramrod wrote: »

Fried with a fried egg on top. Food heaven.

In a sandwich between two slices of fresh sliced white pan.

Cold with a mug of coffee.

In custard, yum!

I love it!

Can you clarify what type of pudding you're eating?

It's ok but it's inferior to Christmas cake, which itself is inferior to mince pies, which are by far the greatest Christmas dessert.
It beats sherry trifle though.

lawred2

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

It has come to my attention recently that some people don't like this. I mean I know there are people who like to be difficult and hate things like cheese (yet in almost all cases will still eat pizza), but Christmas Pudding? Shut the front door. I won't have it.

Pop it in the microwave, slather a bit of brandy butter on there, some fresh whipped cream and away you go. There's nothing in this life from January to November that can compete with this, the simplest of life's pleasures.

What say ye AH?

Drives me potty that my wife doesn't like it..

But lad, keep it out of the microwave

foggy_lad

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Oh no its not lighting

More brandy

Still not lighting

More brandy

Oh Bollix my hairs on fire!

RobertKK wrote: »

Bought 2 908g Christmas puddings from Supervalu for €4 each. Great value and the best thing about Christmas puddings is the alcohol in them preserves them for a very long time.
If there was going to be a food shortage, Christmas pudding would be there to eat a year later and still be fine...

I ordered 2 1lb puds from tesco for €2 each but they were out of stock so they gave me 2 908g tesco finest puddings instead and even price-matched:D


I love my pudding steamed and with whipped cream and later fried in the pan with some cream or custard.
Putting it in the microwave is lazy and surely a sin.

Spanish Eyes

Peter Screeching Ramrod wrote: »

Fried with a fried egg on top. Food heaven.

In a sandwich between two slices of fresh sliced white pan.

Cold with a mug of coffee.

In custard, yum!

I love it!

Ah that brings me back. My late and great Dad would slice the pudding, put a bit of butter on the pan and fry the slices, then put it between two slices of white pan bread.

We didn't follow his tradition or tastes in that department!

But I'm so glad to come across someone who actually did this aswell. :P

messy tessy

Surprised at the amount of people who love Christmas pudding here. I never could see the appeal.

CelticRambler

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Pop it in the microwave,

Ya heretic! :eek:

Fried -yes.
Steamed - perfect.
Cold - grand.

But you can't microwave a pudding and still call yourself a true believer. :mad:

MrsCR was reared on stodgy English plum pudding and thought she wouldn't like a proper Irish Christmas Pudding, boiled for hours in September, left in the press for three months, then steamed to perfection on Christmas afternoon.

She had three helpings the first time she tasted it.

Maximus Alexander

There is no match for the one my granny used to make. Even in her latter years she would make one especially for me until I had to tell her to stop because it was a mad amount of work for a woman in her 80s.

This year my mam and my auntie started getting all competitive about which of them could best replicate their mother's efforts. There's only going to be one winner: it's me.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Lucyfur wrote: »

Can you clarify what type of pudding you're eating?

Christmas steamed pudding - fruit, bread crumps, brandy, whiskey, orange and lemon rind, eggs, Guinness etc etc.

What other pudding are we talking about?

LordSutch

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Christmas Pudding

..with custard

http://www.foodireland.com/recipes/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Christmas-Pudding.jpg

Lucyfur

Peter Screeching Ramrod wrote: »

Christmas steamed pudding - fruit, bread crumps, brandy, whiskey, orange and lemon rind, eggs, Guinness etc etc.

What other pudding are we talking about?

Well now. I love a sandwich and two slices of bread can make the nicest of food even nicer but I would never have put pudding in a sandwich.

Del.Monte

Lucyfur wrote: »

Well now. I love a sandwich and two slices of bread can make the nicest of food even nicer but I would never have put pudding in a sandwich.

+1. Sounds absolutely gross.

jojofizzio

Hate Christmas pudding /cake with a passion..one of the only people in my house that does...gonna bring home my own version of it this year..the local supervalu does a pudding shaped chocolate biscuit cake with a dollop of white icing over the top....mmmm..can't wait!!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Lucyfur wrote: »

Well now. I love a sandwich and two slices of bread can make the nicest of food even nicer but I would never have put pudding in a sandwich.

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

Maximus Alexander

Lucyfur wrote: »

Well now. I love a sandwich and two slices of bread can make the nicest of food even nicer but I would never have put pudding in a sandwich.

I don't think it would be for me, but I approve all positive relationships with Christmas Pudding.

Summer wind

I've never tasted Christmas pudding.

Del.Monte

Summer wind wrote: »

I've never tasted Christmas pudding.

How come?

Summer wind

Del.Monte wrote: »

How come?

We never have it at Christmas because when my mam was pregnant with me she ate a whole pudding herself and looking at them now makes her feel sick. We've bought a few down through the years but they've never been eaten and usually get thrown out when they've passed their sell by date.

RobertKK

I bought a Tesco Christmas pudding a few years ago, I opened it to eat it, but it had far too much of an alcohol taste to enjoy, I had one from Superquinn at the time so used that instead.
Went back to the Tesco Christmas pudding in the summer, and it had matured and it was so good, it was amazing how good it tasted after maturing.

I use to make my own and they were as good as any one would get/make, but there is a lot of work in making them and you can buy them quite cheaply these days.
I know that sounds lazy, but to do a pudding correctly is a lot of work, ingredients and time, and I am sure it cheaper to buy one.

osarusan

Fried Christmas pudding and egg sandwich? WTF?

I thought you'd made a mistake and meant to post in the 'What are you eating?' thread.

demanufactured

Love it. . With either hot custard....or cream.....or both...it's the perfect time post Xmas dinner gut buster....and a load of ale drank with it.

quickbeam

Don't much like pudding. Hate brandy butter and cream even more (custard too, fwiw).

But it's okay, because I love cheese.

runnerholic

maudgonner wrote: »

Nobody? Is nobody going to comment on this?

Gee butter, just like Granny used to make?


Nobody????????

We're so mature in these parts.

runnerholic

Wouldn't eat a shop bought pud meself. Has to be homemade.

railer201

Christmas or plum pudding is so wonderful, you don't find people rushing in for seconds or eating it at any other time of the year. To be honest, it has to doused in brandy butter, cream, ice-cream or other to render it palatable in any sense of the word.

Del.Monte

railer201 wrote: »

Christmas or plum pudding is so wonderful, you don't find people rushing in for seconds or eating it at any other time of the year. To be honest, it has to doused in brandy butter, cream, ice-cream or other to render it palatable in any sense of the word.

It's a traditional Christmas dish which is why you don't see it at other times of the year anymore than you would mince pies. As for having to douse in various other creams, ice cream etc...oh dear, and I'm always ready for seconds. Happy Christmas.