[jacnal]

 

I'm trying to be mega organised. Loving this whole growing and making your own stuff lifestyle, and been wondering when one would start making Christmas puddings? They need to mature for a while, right?

Off to bed even though I'm bursting with anticipation!!!!!

[DD.]

Six to Eight weeks is the average recommended time for maturing them, but they can store up to a year. Depends how much alcohol you put in them, which helps to preserve the pud.

[newbiegrower]

I usually make ours about the beginning of november then that gives them about 8 weeks to mature

[DD.]

I usually make ours about the beginning of november then that gives them about 8 weeks to mature

Stands back in amazement - someone who agrees with me! :shock:  

[Little Miss Muffet]

i alway start in the middle of oct for mine

[jacnal]

I'll calm down about it for now then. Hope you all post when you're starting to make them, so I can follow suit  

Being my first time, I'll probably do it with the early birds, just in case I need to make another later (I'm in danger of eating the first one it or messing it up). Better budget for the brandy now...........

[DD.]

I'll calm down about it for now then. Hope you all post when you're starting to make them, so I can follow suit  

Being my first time, I'll probably do it with the early birds, just in case I need to make another later (I'm in danger of eating the first one it or messing it up). Better budget for the brandy now...........

Whatever you do - don't invite Ice Hockey Mad to help - goodbye brandy!

[jacnal]

Whatever you do - don't invite Ice Hockey Mad to help - goodbye brandy!

No invites for brandy drinkers here - unless they bring a bottle or two, so I can have the leftovers   . It's all for the Christmas pudding and alcoholic fruit compotes, and I'll be keeping a very close eye on it.

[chrissie B]

Hi all i like to do mine in october followed by my Christmas cake and then mincemeat for pies providing i have some suet , on all of the above goes a liberal tot of dark rum only the best for our pud , of course it needs to be tasted before alpplying to the pud and cake .
in greece you dont see Christmas cakes all fruit and nuts and stuff so all the houses around us dont understand why they get tipsy on a bit of cake when i dish it out .
chrissie b

[jacnal]

Bumpity bump    :!:  :!:

Anyone making theirs yet? If not, are you planning and buying your ingredients? Don't leave me behind, lol!!!

[Sally A]

Going from memory, isn't there a traditional "Stir Up Sunday", I'm sure my gran used to mention it, it had something to do with a hymn that was always sung at matins, possibly "stir up your something or other" on a certain day, which also signified time to get the puds and cake done.

PS. I may be way off here, it could be the voices in my second planet confusing me!

[Sally A]

Hey..........it's real..not just the voices in my head!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir-up_Sunday

[DD.]

Hey..........it's real..not just the voices in my head!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir-up_Sunday

No - it's real....

Stir Up Sunday

[Annie]

I haven`t had to worry about this for years as Christmas pud is given to us by mother in law and a friend gives us homemade Chrisi cake (oozing with alcohol) as a presie each year.I believe the cake is already being injected...

[chrissie B]

we just ate the last of our pudding , we got invited out for chrimbo dinner so i had ours left so we ate some then cut upm the rest of it into portiond for two and froze it , the other week while cleaning out the freezer found this brown lump at the bottom and it was like a little bit of Christmas in the middle of summer , just a bit of custard , who cares if there is a heat wave going on.
chrissie b