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Kelly
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Re:
Reply #89 on : Thu January 14, 2010, 03:41:51
This is definitely the best Christmas pudding I have ever tasted! And I only made it on Christmas Eve so I can imagine how delicious it will be next year when I make it in November. I used fresh grated ginger instead of ground and used a spice mill to grind the cinnamon as grating it was quite difficult. Thanks for a great recipe.
Lisa
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Crock pot Cooking
Reply #88 on : Sun December 27, 2009, 02:37:36
Just wanted to come back and say that the crock pot cooking seems to work beautifully. I left it in the crock pot all day Christmas Eve to reheat for my family's gathering that night. I put the little carry-bottle of brandy on top of the pudding for transport and to warm it until it was time. Everyone LOVED the flames and my sisters and one of my brothers-in-law were brave enough to try a bite from my plate. My dad was the only one brave enough for an actual slice and said it would have been better if he'd not been eating malted milk balls first. My mother-in-law tried it the next day and also enjoyed it. Overall, a fun try at an old British tradition here in America. Thanks for the wonderful website to help put it all together!
Peg Leeds
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Christmas Pudding
Reply #87 on : Sat December 26, 2009, 18:32:53
Paul I am writing to thank you for this recipe.
It is the very first time all 14 sitting at the Christmas table complemented me on my pudding. Some years an odd person will comment on the pudding BUT this year it was a WINNER all the thanks goes to you Paul. Great recipe, great site, thanks again. Peg.
Annette
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Christmas Pud
Reply #86 on : Fri December 25, 2009, 00:24:15
First time about to try this.....looks hard!
Ed Koetsier
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pud
Reply #85 on : Tue December 22, 2009, 08:52:18
Hey
Thanks for this ab fab site. Pud making is indeed a dark art!
Cheers
Ed
Carol Beronich
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Half way home
Reply #84 on : Tue December 22, 2009, 07:28:33
I started this pudding Saturday night. It cooked over night last night (in the slow cooker/crock pot). I took it out today at noon and it's cooling in the pantry. So far everything looks good and smells wonderful. Here's hoping it comes out of the pudding bowl successfully. I plan to reheat it on Christmas morning in the slow cooker too.
It's to be a Christmas gift for my mother (she's 87). She said this year that she really missed her "mum's" Christmas pudding, but she never learned how to make it. I hope it's what she remembers.
Thanks for this great website. I could never have done this without you.
Merry Christmas from the States,
Carol Beronich
Kate Tynan
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pressure cooking
Reply #83 on : Sat December 19, 2009, 19:18:40
Dear Paul I have been using your recipe for 4 years now. I am the 'pudding queen' in my workplace and we have a annual ritual at morning tea just prior to the Christmas break. Many of my workmates are from overseas and would not normally cook a pud. We have brandy flambe, custard cream and the works. I have done some experimenting and I cook it 2 hours in the pressue cooker - 4 is too much!
Janette Hokanson
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Skin on Boiled Christmas Pudding
Reply #82 on : Sat December 19, 2009, 13:05:20
Can anyone help? I make lots of boiled Christmas puddings. However, I strugge to get a smooth skin when removing the calico cloth. I always rip a bit of the skin off. The taste is great, but the appearance less so when the skin is broken in places.
ANSWER: the cloth will remove easily when it is still wet, however, it's always too HOT to touch! Try using rubber gloves to reduce the heat OR a silicon oven glove and remove the cloth as soon as it leaves the pot.
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Graham Feeley
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Xmas Pudding
Reply #81 on : Tue December 15, 2009, 21:07:42
Well, I am about to make your pudding for a family of 30 in Brissy.
Hope I survive Xmas
Cheers
Graham
Ken Bradley (Simon's Dad)
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Pudding
Reply #80 on : Sun December 13, 2009, 20:49:36
Hi Paul,
Just starting to make your pudding again.
Simon and Miranda have their own house, in Eastbourne, now, so we can go and stay and look after baby Ray. He is not such a baby now - he is walking and learning to talk. Not seeing them at Christmas though, going to daughter Caroline and her baby, Sam, 5 months old. So Caroline will be getting your pudding. Simon will have to wait for leftovers in January. Merry Christmas to you all in Australia.
Lenora whittington
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christmas pudding
Reply #79 on : Sat December 12, 2009, 10:06:25
I'm trying to locate the recipe!
ANSWER: Hi,
for the recipe instructions you need to go to the page titled “recipe instructions”, for the ingredients list, you need to go to the page titled “ingredients list”
Happy Christmas, Paul
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Michael Broderick
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great site
Reply #78 on : Tue December 08, 2009, 14:54:09
thanks
kelly
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Re:
Reply #77 on : Tue December 08, 2009, 13:14:49
this will be my first ever plum pudding! thanks for your recipe
Michael Wynne-Hughes
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STOUT
Reply #76 on : Mon December 07, 2009, 18:01:19
A good substitute for Guinness in Australia is Cooper's Stout- it is said you don't drink it you need a spoon!
Kate Morgan
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It's so exciting!
Reply #75 on : Sat December 05, 2009, 15:51:34
Hi Paul,

I just had to send a little thank you for your wonderful and very inspiring site.

I am a 39 yr old Melbourne girl.. I have never made a Christmas pudding, although my Grandmother always made one.. In recent years I have been into the Newcastle Pudding Lady's.

I was actually contemplating making a Christmas cake for this year.. 2009, but with your incredibly thorough site, I am excited (and maybe a tiny bit nervous,) about the idea that I could make my own.

I will call my Dad and see if I can get him on board to help.. We are both into baking.

I even have a few penny's somewhere that belonged to my Grandparents before they died.. They were kept for using in the pudding and every year there was some drama.. they would be forgotton for example.

My favourite chapter on your site was "Poor recipe signs." It was then I realised what a foodie and a perfectionist that you are. I love that!

Wish me luck x
Scott
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Rod for my own back!!!
Reply #74 on : Sat December 05, 2009, 14:57:50
I now have to make the Christmas Pudding every year now thanks to your recipe. Last Christmas everyone said it was the best Christmas Pudding they have ever had. Thanks Scott
Jen Fleming
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suet
Reply #73 on : Fri December 04, 2009, 12:29:12
Thanks for the website. It helped me a lot as I have been labouring over which recipe I will use. Suet has been unavailable at supermarket and I have this problem each year. My husband came home with lard instead but I wanted to do it exactly like the recipe. Have now got my new son-in-law butcher to get me some, but even he didnt seem to understand why suet is reccomended for christmas puds. But you site talked about all the different fats and oils. Thank you. I will now wait till I get the suet.
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