National Pudding Day. Jenny Marx’s Plum Pudding recipe, December 1867
9th November is National Pudding Day. While pudding’s traditionally contained meat- hence black pudding, haggis etc, by Victorian times the fruit focused often steamed pudding was more usual.
Below is Jenny Marx’s recipe for Plum Pudding- which is called Christmas Pudding in 2023 and is in shops now, although Stir Up Sunday is a couple of weekends off yet.
Yesterday evening we were all at home together sitting downstairs, which in English houses is the kitchen area from which all ‘CREATURE COMFORTS’ make their way up to the higher regions, and were busy preparing the CHRISTMAS PUDDING with all due thoroughness. We were seeding raisins (a most disagreeable and sticky task), chopping up almonds and orange and lemon peel, minutely shredding suet, and with eggs and flour kneading together the oddest potpourri from the whole mishmash;
Jenny Marx to Kugelmann 24th Dec 1867
It’s not recorded what Karl Marx thought of it, or if he preferred stollen…
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