This morning I was doing a bit of surfing for some fruitcake recipes and came upon a gallery of Christmas puddings on Delia Smith’s website. Yum! I’m one of those rare Americans who actually loves Christmas puddings, and their cousin, the fruitcake. The weekend after Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November for my UK readers), rather than go holiday shopping with hoi polloi, I hole myself up in the kitchen with a variety of dried fruits, nuts, rums, and brandies, along with other goodies, and get to work on my fruitcakes, which take a couple weeks to “cure” before they’re ready for gift-giving/eating. (I give them to the handful of people I know who appreciate them, so if you’re my friend and hate fruitcake, don’t worry – I won’t saddle you with one.) I’ll write more about my stir-up Saturday & Sunday in a couple weeks. This year I’m thinking about doing a traditional steamed pudding for Christmas day, but it’ll depend if we have guests or not.
What about you? Like Christmas puddings and fruitcakes or loathe them? Tell me in the comments section below.
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One of the best things about living here is Christmas Pudding. My wife and her family don’t seem to like it as much as I do, but it is really good (especially with hot custard) and I like the ‘traditional’ aspect of it, as well.
On the other hand, I don’t think I have ever knowingly eaten a piece of fruitcake. I do like the traditional aspect of it, however, and it wouldn’t be Christmas without having one sitting–untouched–on the table.
Mike, there’s a lot of bad fruitcake out there — but when it’s done right, it’s divine.
I like the hot custard too — but I like the cold one better, the hard sauce. Yummy!