Afy Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Where can I buy a reasonable one in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Sainsburys, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer - or do you mean un pouding de nöel artisanale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Apparently the Queen has changed from Fortums pudding to one from Waitrose ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 As she slides towards Estuary English, allegedly.I hadn't thought of Fortnums', but I also don't like it very much. We have had the Sainsburys' for years, but now Her Madge is going to Waitrose I guess we will have to follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 When we made Christmas pudding at school I went up in the teachers estimation because my mother sent me with a Fortums basin ! [:)](It had been a gift the year before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 From what I read you would be unlikely to be allowed to make a Christmas pudding for fear of offending other faiths.http://uk.news.yahoo.com/05122006/140/xmas-ban-firms-scared-tinsel.htmlWhat drivel! We've just taken delivery of 3 huge Christmas trees for school - we do not anticipate any complaints!Afy - what sort of CP are you hankering after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I think Matthew Walker makes the best Christmas puddings.http://www.traditional-christmas-puddings.co.uk/start.htmlAs for the nonsense about political correctness I just wonder who makes the rules. When I worked in a multi ethnic school I used to receive as many Christmas cards from Sikhs and Moslems as I did from other kids. We didn't cut out Christmas; we celebrated Eid and Diwali and Chinese New Year and everyone felt they had been treated with respect.All banning Christmas decoration does is cause resentment.IMHO.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Spot on. All our kids like Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hoddy: I looked at their website, but it says that their online shopping is not running yet. Do you know if they ship to France? The website says they ship to countries all over the world. I guess I will send off an email to ask them if they have a location in France or if they will ship to private individuals in France. Just thought you might know.I love this type of dessert, but have never attempted to make it myself. Looks to delicate - perhaps not.Also didn't notice any prices on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 This political correctness about Christmas makes my blood boil. Who says it offends other faiths? And what if it does, Christians have a right to celebrate their own faith in a Christian country. One of the nicest Christmas cards we ever received (along with one of the most beautifully wrapped presents) was from the Iranian embassy in London when my husband used to do work there. My only disappointment was that as I shook the box I was imagining all sorts of exotic middle-eastern treats as the gift when in fact it turned out to be a box of Black Magic chocolates![:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 My Chrismas pudding tip is: instead of steaming up the kitchen re-heating on the morning, use a slow cooker, we try to remember to put it on overnight but if not we have also put it on high Christmas morning. Doesn't even have to be in the kitchen....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I'm very disappointed to see that my favourite British supplier has no Christmas pudding and doesn't deliver to France - though I have taken stuff back myself on several occasions. But do look at www.cookfood.net anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 A couple of years ago a friend (sic) gave us a Wilkin & Sons Ltd (Tiptree jam co) Plum Pudding. As I am not particularly fond of plum pud it has lain uneaten in our larder. I now discover that it is "best by" 1996 - will I dispose of the famous Di if she eats it or has it, like me, improved with age ?Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I would open it, pierce some holes with a skewer and 'feed' it with alchohol of your choice.........just in case it has gone dry, but in theory I think it should be OK.Afy, I noticed in my local Waitrose they have puddings by 'carved angel' they come in a real ceramic basin and are wrapped up with a proper pudding cloth. If you are in the UK for a couple of weeks you may be able to arrange delivery. John Lewis may have them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastobe Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 They are actually very easy to make - the only pain in the *** is the time it takes to steam them (6 hours!!). We make ours every year and it is part of the christmas ritual for our kids to 'stir the pudding and make a wish'Leith's cookery bible has an excellent fat free recipe (called 'Light Christmas Pudding') which is really moist and tastes wonderful. Recipe has no sugar and just a tablespoon of clear honey.Kathie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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