Christmas FIG PUDDING 8 oz. figs
3/4 c. butter
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. molasses
3 eggs
4 slices bread
1/2 c. cream sherry or concentrated Orange Juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1 mold or coffee can Stew figs for about 20 to 30 minutes, drain off liquid then chop figs. In large bowl, cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Fold in molasses and crumbed bread, fold in cinnamon, sherry and figs. Grease mold or coffee can and sprinkle sugar all over the inside. Pour in the fig mixture to all most to the top of mold. Cover with tin foil. Place on a rack in a pan of water. The water should come up to the middle of the mold, cover pan. Bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium or medium low and steam for 3 hours. Then remove from pan and cool on rack. When cooled, wrap in foil and place in refrigerator until just before serving. Warm in the oven before serving. Serve with hard sauce or vanilla ice cream. FOAMY SAUCE: 1 pt. heavy cream
1 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. brandy extract In mixing bowl, beat with an electric mixer the heavy cream until almost stiff. Beat in sugar and extracts and serve on the pudding.
Scrooge's retort "Anyone with Merry Christmas'' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!"
It is really not safe to place regular coins in with Christmas pudding. The coins could leach metals into the food. They can also be a chocking hazard for anyone who may get one in their mouth, especially children.
Scrooge ponts thsis remark at Fred his Nephew and says "every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas'' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."
banned anyone from celebrating it in England (random guess as they were mainly Puritans)
nope that would be very crazy if anyone had the last name of Christmas
I know one thing; they have a rice pudding with an almond in it, and everyone has a bit, the person who finds the nut gets to make a wish or the possibilty of marriage the following year... they do things Very Different... Anyone else know something?
Go to www.allrecipes.com
It is not. On December 24 is Christmas Eve, then on 25 is Christmas.
For of the same reasons as anyone else who celebrates Christmas.
Christopher The Christmas TreeMerry Christmas.
Yes, a Christmas card can be given to anyone. Everyone loves Christmas cards.
A very good banana pudding recipe can be found at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/banana-pudding-iv/, a website that is also a very good resource for other recipes as well. As you can see from the link, this recipe has received extremely good reviews and would definitely be a top choice for anyone wishing to make banana pudding.