159481 nanas traditional christmas steamed pudding hard sauce Recipes

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

christmas plum pudding or 200 g christmas cake, brandy, icing sugar, egg white, dragees (silver balls)

cream cheese, softened, sliced smoked beef, chopped, pimento-stuffed green olives, chopped, vidalia or other sweet onion, minced, worcestershire sauce , or to taste, chopped walnuts

whole fish (1 1/2 to 3 lb. size will depend on availability), chicken broth, steak sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, minced fresh garlic, minced green onions, grated fresh ginger, bean sauce, hoisin sauce, sugar, oil, green onion (garnish )

eggs, separated, caster sugar (fine sugar), left-over christmas plum pudding (more if you prefer ), rum (brandy or orange liquer), double cream

christmas pudding, brandy, melted dark cooking chocolate, melted white chocolate

full-fat milk, short-grained white rice (65 g), vanilla pod (reserve the other half for the sauce), whipping cream, granulated sugar, almond paste (or use almond flakes or finely chopped almonds), whole almond (more if you have several children present), frozen pitted cherries (about 185 g), lemon juice, sugar, vanilla pod, water, cold water, potato starch (corn starch can be substituted), fresh mint leaves (optional for garnish )

steamed carrots, steamed zucchini, steamed squash, potatoes, steamed broccoli, steamed spinach, steamed tomatos, cilantro, sliced steamed mushrooms, parmesan cheese

hard-boiled eggs , peeled halved lengthwise, mayonnaise , low-fat okay, prepared mustard, white vinegar, salt, sugar, paprika (to garnish )

whole milk , half-and-half, or light cream, white baking chocolate with cocoa butter, vanilla bean or 1-1/2 tsp vanilla, eggs, sugar, ground cinnamon, dry french bread cubes, dried tart cherries , cranberries or raisins, hard sauce (see recipe below )

butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray, cinnamon-raisin bread, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, chopped pecans, milk, cream, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, grade a maple syrup, pumpkin, brandied hard sauce, maple extract

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum

christmas plum pudding, milk, double cream, vanilla ice cream, brandy

all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, raisins, peeled, chopped cooking apples, currants, light molasses, cold water, chopped suet, sherried hard sauce

loaves raisin cinnamon bread, eggs plus 2 egg whites, milk, heavy cream, sugar or vanilla, madagascar vanilla, grand marnier, cinnamon, lemon juiced and zested, dried cherries and raisins, melted butter , for baking dish, bread crumbs from crusts, bourbon sauce , recipe follows, brown sugar, cold butter , cut into cubes, egg yolks, butter, dark brown sugar, vanilla, bourbon

all-purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, butter, softened, brown sugar, eggs, canned pumpkin, chopped pecans, toasted, garnishes: cranberries , walnuts, almonds, pecans, kumquats, small lady apples, cinnamon sticks, maple sauce

flour, salt , baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, soft bread crumbs, chopped suet, prune pulp, brown sugar, uncooked chopped prunes, candied lemon peel, finely chopped, molasses, eggs, separated, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, powdered sugar, dark rum, vanilla extract