# REAL christmas pudding **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101 "2007-12-07T01:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/1 "2007-12-07T01:40:24Z")
Does anyone know where I can get a proper Christmas pudding from? (UK, near London) I mean a real boiled suet pudding. The ones I’ve seen are suet free, and the pudding base is breadcrumbs. They just don’t taste the way puddings used to taste. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/2 "2007-12-16T00:35:26Z")
Bump. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/3 "2008-01-07T01:39:38Z")
Not a single answer? This is the only time The Dope ever let me down. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/4 "2008-01-07T03:00:21Z")
I don’t have a clue, but “boiled suet” and “pudding” don’t seem to go in the same sentence to me. Ewww. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/5 "2008-01-07T04:17:30Z")
My Christmas pudding has no breadcrumbs. Or suet - I use lard or shortening. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/6 "2008-01-07T04:23:39Z")
Googling “christmas pudding uk” turns up [this](http://www.georgieporgiespuddings.co.uk/) and [this](http://www.traditional-christmas-puddings.co.uk/). Adding “traditional” to the search string turns up [this](http://www.colestrad.co.uk/) and [this](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article2955535.ece). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/7 "2008-01-07T07:30:21Z")
[Take your pick.](http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=christmas%20pudding&ls=re&foodid=2256) The last one on the list is the only one that’s flaming, if that’s an important consideration to you. And come to notice it, none of them are boiled; they’re all steamed. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-christmas-pudding/429101/8 "2008-01-07T14:24:40Z")
My husband made a real plum pudding this year, hard sauce and everything. It was labor-intensive but not at all difficult. The major issue was locating the suet, and we were able to find that from the local Wegman’s (we live near Washington DC).