I love a good homemade English Christmas pudding just like my dear mum used
to make. It's a lot of work and should be steamed a month or more prior to
Christmas Day then re-heated for the traditional dessert. . . . . . along with little
individual mince pies and lots of rum or brandy butter, yum!
I didn't make a 'pud' this year, finding instead an imported one from England at
World Market. Hopefully it will taste good. I will however be making and baking
my own mince pies a little closer to Christmas Eve.
At World Market I also picked up this jar of English Christmas Preserve made
with plums, port and silver stars. Very pretty, plummy and delicious!
This morning I was up early and made buttermilk biscuits - one each for
breakfast, the remainder stashed in the freezer for later.
Well away now from Christmas reds and thought of tasty food. I'm off to plant
my last batch of daffodils and jonquils awaiting in the potting shed. . . . . . . . before
days of rain yet again. These will go under the fig tree and hopefully bloom come Springtime.
Enjoy this busy run up to Christmas week.
Enjoy this busy run up to Christmas week.
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