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From: "Betsy Harper" <>
Subject: Re: [CoTyrone] Christmas past- Pudding????
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:34:13 +1000
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I see you have had "explanations" from several people,so I won't repeat
it,but yes,the miniature silver symbols were wrapped in greaseproof paper
and put in the pudding.It was made with
flour,breadcrumbs,suet,currants,raisins,sultanas,cherries,brown
sugar,treacle, mixed spice and lots of brandy or whiskey or both.You wet the
linen cloth,rubbed flour into it,then put the mixture into it,tied it
up,boiled it for about 4 hours,took it out and hung it up in a cool airy
place to dry and mature.Every couple of weeks you drizzled a little more
brandy over it and on Christmas day you boiled it up again for about an
hour, took it out of its cloth,poured a spoonful of warm brandy over it, lit
it,and when the flames went you cut it open and served it with brandy
butter[hard sauce - real butter, icing sugar and brandy]and thin hot
custard.The smell and taste will live in your memory for ever !!! Betsy
Harper
----- Original Message -----
From: "ivorie-samhoir" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: [CoTyrone] Christmas past- Pudding????


> Hi Betsey,
>
> I must be daft........huh??? Pudding hanging on a back door,
> in what??? Horseshoes?
> How thick was this pudding- and who ate it afterwards??? <BG>
>
> Would love a more detailed explanation of what this might be???
>
> Cheers~ Teena
>
>
>
> .The pudding,with its silver
> > threepenny bits,horseshoes,and bells in it, was made in early Dec and
> hung
> > on a nail behind the back door for weeks. If you got a bell in your
> share,on
> > Xmas day,you would be the next to marry,if you got a horseshoe,you
> would
> > have lots of luck in the new year to come,and if you got
> threepence,you
> > would get lots of money in the year to come.
>
>
>
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