Growing up, I remember a tradition, supposedly, it dates back to Medieval times. Households made their Christmas pudding on the 25th Sunday after Trinity. It was made with 13 different ingredients, to represent the 12 Apostles and every member of the family would stir the bowl - it had to be in right to left (East to West) direction to signify the 3 Kings and their journey.
In junior school the cook brought out a huge bowl for all the children to stir in turn.
I never took much notice of all that, it was just nice to stir a Christmas pudding and get a handful of dried fruit to much on.
BAH HUMBUG, for all those Year 7 Science Students at Nexus International School Singapore, who have been looking at the science of food this term, here is Heston Blumenthal's Hidden Orange Christmas Pudding.
Now to make some of my mother's custard-like brandy sauce (forget the butter), while I sing a song about Christmas pudding:
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry ChristmasWe wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.So, bring us some figgy pudding,
So, bring us some figgy pudding
So, bring us some figgy pudding
and bring it right here.
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
And we won't go until we've got some,
And we won't go until we've got some,
so bring some out here.
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Glad tidings we bring for you and your kin,
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Always struck me as a bit of a bossy Christmas song / carol. Bah Humbug!
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