Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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9 December 2010
18:3083824I`ve been to my traditional favourite store this afternoon, and stocked up with my favourite Christmas pudding`s, and what a rich little selection they have down there at the moment. M & S of course, and as I`m generally the biggest consumer of these in my household, it`s usually the small one`s I stock up with, just right for the microwave and with a carton of fresh, single cold cream poured over the top. I`ve tried various supermarket brands over the years, and although Mrs Peeks goes down well, I`ve found nothing to touch M & S for taste. How about you?
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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9 December 2010
18:5683833I LOVE Christmas pudding and have tried them all. The M&S ones are usually excellent but I must admit I am rather partial to a Harrods or Fortnum and Mason's one (pricy but lovely.) I don't like too many nuts in them, but that's just me!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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9 December 2010
18:5983835I am not keen - I have just never taken to Christmas puddings, or mince pies come to that.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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9 December 2010
19:0083836Cherries steeped in brandy for me Jeane. I`ve yet to try a Harrods or Fortnum and Mason example, but I think Howard knows of someone local on the forum who maybe able to supply us all with a bit. P.S. I`m very fussy on mince pies Barry, only a handful appeal to me. Not too sweet for a start.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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9 December 2010
20:0183842Sounds good Colin. I'm not keen on mince pies, a slice of Christmas fruit cake, now we are talking!
Jan Higgins
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9 December 2010
21:5583856I am the only one in the house that likes Christmas pudding so I always make a rum, chocolate and cream torte, it is very, very rich so good for the figure
as you only want a small piece.
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10 December 2010
09:1483875Eugh cant stand them same as barry i may have one mince pie and that must be the tescos value ones little mincemeat but lots pastry .
Brian Dixon
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10 December 2010
09:5683888i partake in eating both seperate of course,mince pies with a generous helping of double cream.the pudding with a good helping of custurd.yummy.
Ross Miller
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10 December 2010
12:0283903mince pies and mulled wine - yuck yuck yuck
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Terry Nunn
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10 December 2010
12:2583905Christmas pudding and wedding cake, can't stand either. Perhaps there's something Freudian in that!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
10 December 2010
12:2583906Has anyone seen the outrageously priced Heston Bleumenthal puddings on eBay!? What eejits will buy a pudden for £200!!? But the M&S and F&M puddings - now you're talking!!!
10 December 2010
12:2983909I have a Mrs Beeton recipe for Christmas pudding, which is surprisingly easy to make. It is rich and dark, delish! Also not a nut to be seen. I don't think I'm wrong in saying that although Christmas cakes have always had nuts in them, puddings did not.
My cakes are made, and going through the brandy-soaking cycle.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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10 December 2010
16:0683931my mum makes a mean christmas cake but she is soaking mine in tea as i cant stand when its soo alcoholic you cant drive afterwards.. Terry I may even save you some if you want ..
she also made my wedding cake and it was fab!
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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10 December 2010
16:5383938Thanks Jenn but I will forego the "pleasure"!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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10 December 2010
23:5184031If you've been brought up on home made Christmas Cake you are sure to like it. I think Diana is right, that traditionally there are no nuts in Christmas puddings. Although one of my grandmothers always put almonds in her puddings, as she loved them. My other grandmother (trained as a cook) always made every member of her family (including my father) a cake at Christmas time - 7 cakes in all, big ones, and always square, on a board, fully covered with almond icing and fully decorated with rows and patterns of white, pale pink and pale salmon colour icing, with silver dragees in centre of each flower... mine are nowhere near her standard, and to save time I put white icing just on the top, roughed up to imitate snow, decorated, with a cake band around.
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