Plum Pudding Has No Plums… Discuss

December 11, 2008 by Nicole
Filed under: Food and Drink

I had a music channel on TV, as I typically do. I usually listen to the ‘light classical’ channel but now have switched to the ‘sounds of the season’ channel since it is holiday time. Our Verizon Fios music channels feature factoids on the screen relevant to the music playing…

well, kinda relevant, for instance, this just came up:

‘The Traditional Holiday Dish of Plum Pudding has no plums in it. ‘

Really? Are you kidding me? This hit me as a bit absurd…

So I investigated.

Plum pudding is made from milk, soft bread crumbs, shortening, molasses, raisins, flour, finely chopped candied citron, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice and cloves.

And it’s not really pudding, it’s more like a cake.

So why is it called ‘Plum Pudding’?

In the 17th century, plums referred to raisins or other fruits.

And there you have it! Get a good night’s sleep tonight, no need to toss and turn over the plum pudding question anymore,

Thank me later.