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From: David & Margaret Barnes <>
Subject: Re: [CoTyrone] Christmas past- Pudding????
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:08:36 +1100
In-Reply-To: <002901c2a634$429b9d40$2d6a5318@vf.shawcable.net>


I don't know whether this pudding is typically Irish or just British but
ours was always cooked in a large piece of floured cloth or calico with
threepences and sixpences in it, tied up at the top, suspended in a
large boiler of boiling water, cooked for about 6 hours and then
suspended somewhere where the air circulated around it (usually in the
garage). On Xmas Day it was boiled again for about 2 hours, turned out
of the cloth and served with whipped cream, ice cream, custard and hard
sauce. The pudding was round approx. 8" x 6" and everyone ate it -
yum. When I was very young my grandfather used to say he was going to
have a bet on the horse races with his winnings from the pudding.
Nowadays I collect the coins from the lucky ones at the end of the meal
and swap them for a lottery ticket.

Margaret in Oz.

P.S. Before making the pudding each Christmas the coins are sterilized
in boiling water before putting directly into the mixture. Tradition in
our family was that each member of the family should have a stir of the
pudding for luck. Unfortunately my sons think I am mad when I suggest
it nowadays.


On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 12:24 PM, ivorie-samhoir wrote:

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