Christmas puddings

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1492281]

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[miss-next.livejournal.com]

I shall be at Mum and Dad's for Christmas. They will be having Christmas pudding, but since they know I'm not keen on it (and anyway Mum's version is not usually vegetarian, since she normally puts suet in it), I expect they will probably find something of a chocolatey persuasion. I am quite predictable in my puddingy tastes: anything involving either fresh fruit or chocolate is WIN. Anything involving both fresh fruit and chocolate is generally MEGA WIN. :-)

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Can you persuade your Mum to use veggie suet? I've found absolutely no difference in results compared to the animal variety.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

That'd really only be relevant if I liked Christmas pudding, though.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Creme fraiche goes very well with Christmas pudding, cutting through the density. Christmas cake will be the evening, trifle on Boxing Day...

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

I might have a token spoonful of Christmas Pud if we have any in the house (am not very keen), but more usually we have a mince pie and custard. This is normally eaten an hour or so after the main meal, while watching a Christmas afternoon film.

What is hard sauce? Am intrigued...

[emperor]

[x] FIRE

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

You mean you set fire to yours? We do too, given half a chance :)

[emperor]

Indeed.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

One thing I do know: it won't be Christmas Pudding.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Oooh, get you and your dairy-centric Christmas.

;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Sorry ...

[tree_and_leaf]

I know there will be mince pies, but anything else is up for grabs. Except no bloody Christmas pudding....

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Why do you want to know are you just incredibly nosey, incredibly bored at work, or has your Christmas menu so bored you that you wish to liven it up by doing what other people do?

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

We all should know by now that wellinghall is incredibly nosey esp when also bored.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

There will be Christmas pudding- I made two last year, and will take the remaining one down to my parents', where it will be devoured with white sauce or creme fraiche.

[segh.livejournal.com]

Byrne family brandy butter: Take some butter. Add sugar until you can't taste the butter. Add brandy until you can't taste the sugar. My children claim it's the reason for Christmas pud.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Given a choice, gluten&wheat free Xmas pud. I will be having it at some stage of the proceedings for definite. Probably more than once. HOWEVER we are going to the pub with the in-laws, and so it depends what they provide for me at the actual Christmas meal.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

For me it is always best with extra thick double cream. Although if other things like custard or even brandy butter happen to be available, and not cream, I could eat those.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Ah, now this one I can answer, as the one christmassy food item I have bought already is a Dogstar Plum Pudding (http://dogstardogblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-season-to-be-jolly.html).

Not only does the pudding look very promising, but Dogstar do brilliant work not just with dogs but also supporting their owners in Sri Lanka and it's nice to be able to support them even in a small way. It's run on a shoestring by a lovely pair of people whose achievements are seriously awesome, and if anyone fancies one of their puds, I understand there are still a few left.

[bouncy-elf.livejournal.com]

Well I put some sort of choccie fudge cake thing on my menu choice for the Archery club Xmas meal, and I have no idea what I'm doing for proper Christmas meal..

[thecatsamuel.livejournal.com]

We have a christmas pudding so my father can set fire to it (this is a high point of his day) but I prefer mince pies myself!

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I don't like Christmas pudding, Christmas cake or mince pies. All three of them made me horribly sick when I was little - probably due to me eating versions that contained nuts, back before I had the convenient "Sorry, I'm allergic to them!" excuse to exempt me from polite eating of them when visiting relatives - and have never been able to touch them since. Pellinor is very happy about this, since it means he can eat a double portion of pudding, and then another double one for luck, with more custand than you would think possible for any human to eat without exploding.

My Mum has always worried endlessly about what alternative pudding she can make for me on Christmas day, but I think I've finally convinced her not to bother. I'd far rather stuff myself with ridiculous quantities sausage and bacon rolls, stuffing etc. - some of my bestest things ever - without ruining the taste by following it with something sweet. I might have a satsuma or two, but that's all.

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

"Eh, Barone, you hava forgotta da weapon. Here dere is only instanta custard!"

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

Christmas pudding with cream, hot white sauce with brandy, and rum butter. Not all at once, necessarily, but a choice.
Cheeseboard with quince paste, celery, grapes, whatever else is to hand.

Christmas cake with Wensleydale later.

Trifle on Boxing Day.

[kargicq.livejournal.com]

Christmas pudding (bought from the Good Food Show) and Christmas cake (home-made by Neuromancer) with brandy butter and/or cream and/or ice-cream. Mmmm... it's a Christmas-at-home-with-just-us-and-the-kids this year, so we get to pick exactly what we like best!

[meglorien.livejournal.com]

Since we'll be in Portugal, I'm not sure what the menu is going to be. It's very nice to have someone else making the big decisions about Christmas dinner!

[sally_maria]

Christmas pudding (yum) and mince pies, with cream. :-)

The worst thing about Christmas pudding is that you only get to eat it once a year.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

You don't HAVE to eat it only once a year. Puddings (whether homemade or shop bought) keep for a fair while and I know at least one place you can buy them ALL year.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Not all at once, I would add, and not necessarily all on Christmas Day.

But we have made the Christmas puddings (one to be put away for Easter, probably) and are adapting a cake left over from wedding planning to be a Christmas cake. I intend to make my own mince pies this year. A friend recommends eating them with stilton.

[asklepia.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to eat Christmas pudding and/or cake, but I'm the only one in the family who'll eat dried fruit things so trifle wins every year. Besides which, it's usually quite hot so a delicious trifle straight out of the fridge (and containing at least four layers) is more comfortable.