Christmas Pudding
 

I know it's a bit premature to be talking about Christmas but I would like to know where you all buy your Christmas Puddings from (sourced from within the US, please!) as I have never made one from scratch before and I want to surprise my husband this year. Any good websites?

Any help would be appreciated! Many thanks!!!!!

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made mine from scratch using the Delia Smith recipe. Had a bit of trouble getting some ingredients (barley wine - just used stout instead, had to look up the spice she wanted online and make my own mix of it, and suet - had to ask a butchers dept) but it came out great! The other difficult part was getting a steaming bowl - as they dont have anything specific like that here. Used a pyrex bowl in the end - but bought some plastic lidded pudding basins when i was back in the UK last time ready for this year (as well as the missing soice lol).

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We did from scratch too - luckily my mate is a butcher so sorted me some suet out.

Otherwise, try the uk online grocers, I know some friends of ours ordered from The English Pork Pie Company earlier this year and were suitably impressed! So impressed they never saved me anything :frown:

We've ordered from Goodwoods, Camerons (well visited not ordered, it's up the road) with decent enough results.

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Fortnum and Mason of course!!!
http://www.fortnumandmason-usa.com/P...in,139,55.aspx

Can't stand the stuff myself ;)

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When I lived in Michigan I could find them in K Mart and Meijers...have to look hard...not in the usual places. If you're near the CA border you could hop over and get one there.

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I paid about $4 for a KitKat chunky the other day in Meijer, had to be done.

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Now I'm drooling :)

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World Market will be stocking up on them soon enough.

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My next visitor will get the instruction on what to bring

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make sure a decent tin of custard is on the list to go with the pud.

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Got birds powder in stock

and the 6 bottles of colmans and the 10lb bottle of HP
arrived last week

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They'll have Paxo for your turkey, too

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sounds like we should all come to your house for Xmas this year then !!;)

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not to mention pickled onions

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No .. I dont think so ....lol

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why not ? we could club together our resources...I have paxo and gravy granules..:rofl:

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Made mine from scratch - used Delia too (with appropriate substitutions)

Cooked it in the slow cooker / crockpot in pyrex (a handy hint I read somewhere) was the first time I'd done it like that - was fantastic - just went out and left it cos it couldn't go dry like a pan could

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maybe you could start a cottage industry..I'd buy one !

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And gifts

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I'm pretty well stocked up with goodies from World Market believe me :)

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hmm..depends on if you're going to be naughty or nice !:lol:

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So do you just sit the pyrex in the slow cooker and turn it on - no water or anything? does it take same amount of time as steaming or longer?

I only ask as i did let one saucepan go dry last year making mine (well it was going for flipping hours) and it has damaged the pan.

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We'll only stay for 3 days.......being considerate guests.

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2 days is the max ....

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I sleep most of the time ..

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Huh :confused: didn't realise they charge different price in different stores.... I boout one a couple of weeks ago and it was under $2

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Ok, I may have exaggerated a tad, it was definitely over $2 though!

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must be they went up then... the last one I bought was something like $1.59 or $1.79

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I'd have bought more than one if they were that price. I also bought a Topic - which appear to have shrunk since the last time I had one. Either that or my hands have grown.

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We did from scratch too - luckily my mate is a butcher so sorted me some suet out. QUOTE]


Please tell me where you can get suet? and lard? (mince pies were a disaster last year!!

PS What is suet? :unsure:

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Out of interest I pulled the receipt out, last one I bought was Aug 2 and cost $1.59. Your being ripped off if you are paying over $2

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suet is the shredded fat from around the kidneys ! I asked in the local supermarket butchers dept and they produced a solid lump of the stuff in a sealed packet - and told me i would have to buy it all. Cost me about 5 bucks (was about the size of 2 fists). I just cut it into lumps and stuck the unused stuff in the freezer - and then shredded it in the blended. I actually bought some vegetarian suet from blightly when i was last there too!

i got a tub of what is supposed to be lard from the same supermarket - on a shelf adjacent to the butchers dept. Doesnt look exactly like the british stuff either. My mince pies were a disaster too! will work on them again this year - now I have a bit more time to plan.

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Look for manteca in the "ethnic" section

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Once you've made this stuffing yourself, you'll never, ever look at a box of Paxo again!

This is absolutely devine. I've made it for 4 years in a row - last year managed to get away with it just the once, but previously (before moving to the US) at least 3 times. It's absolutely lush!

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/m...as-or-any-time

Oh, and the same goes for Delia's Christmas pudding. Not even a F&M one comes close!

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what was the problem with the mince pies?

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You have to have lard to make great mince pies -(half and half with butter) the pastry is so much richer and crumblier.

I made christmas pudding last year with some suet my sis gave me but didn't know how to explain it at the grocery store - great to know that it can be bought someplaces.

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I was in Tescos 2 weeks ago and nearly bought a load of suet, but then thought better of it because we just don't need mince pies! :lol:

Mind you, I could have sold it to you lot ;)

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I've always been lazy and used ready made pastry - usually shortcrust.