Christmas Puddings for England
Deat Aunt Daisy, I should very much like to send Christmas Puddings to my friends in England this year. I fear I shall not have sufficient butter to make all the usual cakes, and should be so glad of your advice. My idea is to cook the puddings in some sort of greaseproof paper and then a cloth, making them as nearly as possible the shape of the small sized cake tins in which I hope to send them, boil them and let them dry out thoroughly; then re-wrap them in plenty of greaseproof paper and seal them down in their tins: Does this sound practical to you? Or could you make a better suggestion? The usual pudding basin would be the wrong shape and waste space. I must not run the risk of a failure; it would be too disappointing to the recipients as well as a shocking waste of valuable and scarce ingredients. I do hope you will be able to help me.
"Dorothy."
I think your suggestion very good indeed; but the puddings may not stay quite the shape you fashion them; and be sure you leave room in the cloth for them to swell. Make them smaller than the tin, of course; you can fill up the spare spaces with. paper.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 330, 19 October 1945, Page 22
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219Christmas Puddings for England New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 330, 19 October 1945, Page 22
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