157257 traditional christmas 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)

shredded suet, self-raising flour , sifted, white breadcrumbs, ground mixed spice, nutmeg, freshly grated, ground cinnamon, brown sugar, sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed candied peel, finely chopped, almonds, skinned and chopped, cooking apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped, orange zest, lemon zest, eggs, stout beer (guinness), rum or 2 tbsp brandy

pork shoulder or 3 1/2 lbs pork butt, trimmed of fat and cut up, water, onion, quartered, garlic cloves, minced, salt, red chili sauce (see (to be used with traditional tamales) for ), shortening, masa harina, baking powder, dried corn husks (about 8 inches long)

bread or lb cake, torn into small pieces, mangos, peeled, seeded and diced into medium-sized pieces, natural sugar, eggs, lightly beaten, low-fat milk, natural vanilla extract, ground cardamom, butter, rum sauce, butter, cornstarch, sugar, low fat milk, rum

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

self-rising flour, white sugar, ground cinnamon, eggs, beaten, melted butter, prepared mincemeat pie filling, whole cranberry sauce, pumpkin puree, sour cream, cream cheese, sugar

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

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

spoons ( i bought about 10 from a local asian shop ), thickened cream, castor sugar, thick custard, warmed, christmas pudding, heated, handful of flaked almonds, toasted, chopped to decorate, grated orange zest to decorate

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

suet, shredded, dark brown sugar, self-rising flour , sifted, white breadcrumbs, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, currants, sultanas, raisins, mixed candied peel, blanched almonds, chopped, apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped, grated zest of 1/2 small orange, grated zest of 1/2 small lemon, rum, barley wine, stout , more if needed, eggs, brandy , for flambeing, your favorite rum sauce , optional

black pudding, store bought or sausage, sliced, sliced bacon, eggs, tomato, salt

butter or margarine, softened, sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, divided, baking soda, ground allspice, ground cinnamon, commercial sour cream, raisins, chopped, wine sauce

ground suet or shortening, brown sugar, crumbled bread with crust removed, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt , cinnamon & nutmeg, golden raisins, currants, seedless raisins, mixed candied peel, sliced cherries, eggs, beaten, dark molasses, brandy (or milk), grated rind & juice of 1 orange, lemon juice, mixed berry jam, chopped english walnuts, sauce for plum pudding, egg yolk, powdered sugar, rum or brandy, egg white, cream

butter, room temperature, currants, raisins, sultana, almonds, finely grounded, flour, brandy, allspice, nutmeg, brown sugar, eggs, lemon , juice and rind of, molasses, orange , rind of, only, grated, browning sauce (i use kitchen bouquet) (optional)