[HPforGrownups] Christmas Dinner in England (long and tedious)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7050

Hi --

Neil Ward wrote:

> - You missed out potatoes!!  As Penny pointed out earlier, us Brits
> eat
> loads of 'em.  Mashed and roasted potatoes would be served.

Yes, Ebony, *how* could you forget that 2 or 3 varieties of potatoes
would be needed?  <g>  Given my own recent pg-related potato fetish
though, I *am* considering making 2 varieties of potatoes for my British
Christmas feast tomorrow night.


> - Christmas pudding is also made from dried fruits: it's a moist
> fruit/suet sponge pudding mix which is steamed over boiling water for
> about 4 hours. It would normally contain a small coin (the person who
> gets that can make a wish) and would be doused in brandy and set
> alight at the table.  It's served with brandy butter, cream, custard,
> whatever.

Ebony, you might be more familiar with this as "plum pudding."  My
Yankee mother-in-law makes it every Christmas.  Prior to knowing her,
plum pudding was just something that children in fairy tales fantasized
about as far as this Southern girl was concerned.  <g>  In other words,
I don't think it gets made or served much down South, but I'm sure other
Southerners will correct me if it was just my family being deficient
again.

> Okay, I've done this Christmas dinner thing to DEATH now.  Perhaps I
> should write a fanfic based entirely on mealtimes and get it out of my
> system.

I was happy for the repeat as .... I'm still planning this menu for
tomorrow night.

Penny



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