Comments on: The Stories Behind Forgotten Holiday Treats

By: Michele Ferroer

Michele Ferroer — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:37:03 +0000

All these ancient holiday sweets are all fine and good, but how about the 1950′s vanilla ice cream snowballs with their green butter icing leaves, red candle, and covered in sweet coconut flakes?

The treat of lighting that one little red candle right on your own desert plate beats out any Christmas pudding no matter how much brandy you throw on it.

By: Abigail Carlton

Abigail Carlton — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:22:02 +0000

Actually, I made Figgy Pudding just the other day for a holiday party. It is quite easy to make. Esp if one has a crockpot for the tricky steaming part.

And a small note, it is absolutely like a pudding, and English steamed pudding. It is not like the cooked custard that Americans call pudding.

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By: Miss Ginsu

Miss Ginsu — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:46:15 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out, Food & Think!

The thing I really love about homemade sugarplums is that they’re not cloyingly sweet the way a lot of holiday treats are.

Since they’re so chock-full of dried fruit and nuts, they actually remind me of some of the sports/nutrition bars out on the market these days. I’d bet a couple of sugarplums in the pocket would power some hard-core dashing through the snow.

Cheers, everyone!

By: Tinky

Tinky — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:39 +0000

Fie on Good Housekeeping! We only eat steamed pudding once a year so I say BRING ME SOME (REAL) FIGGY PUDDING!

Thanks for the fun post. Next year I might try making sugar plums; I’m candied out for this year, I think.