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Quote: Originally posted by Marilyn51 on 25/11/2014

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HI ficklejade, I'm so sorry that you no longer have pudding night & I dread when the time comes that things change for us. Every year mum says 'this might be the last'. On Christmas day you can see the look on mums face when my sister brings the pudding in for mum to cut, she worries every year just in case it's not up to standard & is thinking about all the houses that it is being served in, but I've never known a failure yet & every year seems to get better.

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Quote: Originally posted by FionaW1971 on 26/11/2014

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Sorry if Ive missed this above, but once I've prepared it how do I best store it for the next month as the recipe I am looking at only has 3 tablespoons of brandy in it?

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Quote: Originally posted by Marilyn51 on 25/11/2014

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This coming Saturday is 'pudding night' in our family. Mam has made the puddings all my life (I'm nearly 64) and still does. On Saturday there will be 22 of us + mum in her house. No one but her touches it but we all have a job. A sister in law greases the bowls (normally 14 or 15) my sister mixes the eggs, milk & brandy, my brothers, nieces and nephews look after the fruit and the younger ones have the spices, I'm in charge of the brandy. Mum has her routine - jewellery removed, hands and arms scrubbed, and she's ready. The puddings are mixed in a baby's bath (the baby it was bought for is now 56 years old and brings his grandson. Once mum has the basic mix done the young ones add the spice remembering to 'tap it's bottom' to make sure all the spice is out, we all add a packet of fruit with a little kept back for luck, then it's the eggs, milk & brandy. It is all mixed by hand (there isn't a spoon big enough) and when all basins are filled the bath is thrown onto the floor to be scraped clean by the mob. During all this the drinks are flowing and the noise is terrific but we all look forward to it. There will be 3 missing this year as my niece and her partner went to live in Antigua and her mum has just flown out for a holiday but they will be there on Skype. Mum then steams all the puddings before giving them out and they take anywhere from 3 to 7 hours each depending on size.
All this and my mum will be 92 in January and has never used a recipe nor weighed anything.

Sorry for such a long post but I just thought I'd share our story.

FionaW1971 there is still time to make the pudding and why don't you make one for next year while your at it.

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