The Queen's Christmas Pudding - Classic Holiday Dessert
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Date: 2021-12-11
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Roger
The evergreen plant and red berries you put on top of your pudding is pyracantha and it is mildly poisonous, meaning you could eat a few of the berries without harm, but you probably wouldn t like them. I ve never found a sweet one. The poison inside is a plant form of cyanide. Apple seeds, cherry pits, apricot stones all have plant cyanide and are similarly poisonous, although apricot and cherry seeds have more of the poison than apple seeds, or pyracantha seeds for that matter.
Holly berries, on the other hand, are considerably more poisonous. I ve heard that as few as three holly berries can make an adult pretty sick (vomiting, nausea, lethargy, stomach pain, etc. Bottom line, don t eat the seeds of stone fruits or apple pits and I d stay away from pyracantha berries.
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The evergreen plant and red berries you put on top of your pudding is pyracantha and it is mildly poisonous, meaning you could eat a few of the berries without harm, but you probably wouldn t like them. I ve never found a sweet one. The poison inside is a plant form of cyanide. Apple seeds, cherry pits, apricot stones all have plant cyanide and are similarly poisonous, although apricot and cherry seeds have more of the poison than apple seeds, or pyracantha seeds for that matter.
Holly berries, on the other hand, are considerably more poisonous. I ve heard that as few as three holly berries can make an adult pretty sick (vomiting, nausea, lethargy, stomach pain, etc. Bottom line, don t eat the seeds of stone fruits or apple pits and I d stay away from pyracantha berries.
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Anne
I make Christmas pudding every year and seldom follow a recipe. Normally I make green tomato mincemeat which has dried raisins and currents and spices. I add chopped prunes and dates, grated carrots and apple candied peel, eggs, butter, flour, bread crumbs, stout salt. I never add sugar as the dried fruits are very sweet. I add baking soda also. I steam it till it's as black as coal. After it's cool I souse with rum or brandy weekly while in storage. On Christmas morning it's steamed again till ready to be served, flaming with brandy with the lights off. I make brandy or rum butter and egg nog custard using Bird's custard powder and egg nog instead of milk. I have used suet but I prefer butter. I do it by instinct. It is a tradition from my British upbringing.
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I make Christmas pudding every year and seldom follow a recipe. Normally I make green tomato mincemeat which has dried raisins and currents and spices. I add chopped prunes and dates, grated carrots and apple candied peel, eggs, butter, flour, bread crumbs, stout salt. I never add sugar as the dried fruits are very sweet. I add baking soda also. I steam it till it's as black as coal. After it's cool I souse with rum or brandy weekly while in storage. On Christmas morning it's steamed again till ready to be served, flaming with brandy with the lights off. I make brandy or rum butter and egg nog custard using Bird's custard powder and egg nog instead of milk. I have used suet but I prefer butter. I do it by instinct. It is a tradition from my British upbringing.
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Bradley
I'm sorry. My fault. I can no longer tolerate anything queen. Since I've seen so many pictures of her wearing satanic jewelry. Since Canadian friends told of how she and her Prince husband went to Western Canada in the late 60s and had a picnic with 14 young natives and NONE of the kids were ever seen again. So I investigated and it's unfortunately true. She now leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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I'm sorry. My fault. I can no longer tolerate anything queen. Since I've seen so many pictures of her wearing satanic jewelry. Since Canadian friends told of how she and her Prince husband went to Western Canada in the late 60s and had a picnic with 14 young natives and NONE of the kids were ever seen again. So I investigated and it's unfortunately true. She now leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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food
Just WOW. Never knew you to need to steam it. I was laughing when you said the decorative berries were probably highly poisonous: )
I am now tempted to make this. Looks easy and delicious. I love Christmas pudding but was always bit nervous when I learnt they add suet. Glad you made without it: )
I really do hope the Queen invites you over and you can make it for her!
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Just WOW. Never knew you to need to steam it. I was laughing when you said the decorative berries were probably highly poisonous: )
I am now tempted to make this. Looks easy and delicious. I love Christmas pudding but was always bit nervous when I learnt they add suet. Glad you made without it: )
I really do hope the Queen invites you over and you can make it for her!
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Cheryl
The key difference between fruit cake and Christmas pudding is that fruit cake is a cake containing dried fruits, nuts and spices, made with butter and baked in the oven while Christmas pudding is a steamed suet pudding. Both fruit cakes and Christmas puddings are two sweet dishes popular during the Christmas season.
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The key difference between fruit cake and Christmas pudding is that fruit cake is a cake containing dried fruits, nuts and spices, made with butter and baked in the oven while Christmas pudding is a steamed suet pudding. Both fruit cakes and Christmas puddings are two sweet dishes popular during the Christmas season.
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food
That is Pyracantha it is an evergreen shrub often used in landscaping. The shrub typically has plentiful orange-red berries and needle-like thorns. The berries have not been shown to be toxic to animals or humans, although swallowing large amounts might cause some mild stomach upset.
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That is Pyracantha it is an evergreen shrub often used in landscaping. The shrub typically has plentiful orange-red berries and needle-like thorns. The berries have not been shown to be toxic to animals or humans, although swallowing large amounts might cause some mild stomach upset.
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justabit
Cake = drier, pudding = moist. Custard is another thing entirely.
FoodWishes Don't use single-use wrap. We don't need to add even more plastics crap to our oceans. Use a reusable silicone lid pr muslin and you'll accomplish the same result.
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Cake = drier, pudding = moist. Custard is another thing entirely.
FoodWishes Don't use single-use wrap. We don't need to add even more plastics crap to our oceans. Use a reusable silicone lid pr muslin and you'll accomplish the same result.
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P11247
Kind of looks like a fruit cake. LOL Anyways, glad you assumed those berries on your bush outside are poisonous, because they are! I have everything but the candied ginger, so may put it a bit of ginger paste or leave it out all together.
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Kind of looks like a fruit cake. LOL Anyways, glad you assumed those berries on your bush outside are poisonous, because they are! I have everything but the candied ginger, so may put it a bit of ginger paste or leave it out all together.
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Michael
Everyone is talking about Chef John's savagery with his comment about England's lack of trees, but seem to have completely missed the absolute OG comment about making the pudding for the Queen on the 4th of July. No hard feelings. XD
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Everyone is talking about Chef John's savagery with his comment about England's lack of trees, but seem to have completely missed the absolute OG comment about making the pudding for the Queen on the 4th of July. No hard feelings. XD
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