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Pudding, with figs in it. Usually vanilla. it is a fairly common holiday treat in the English speakign world outside of America. but has been falling off in popularity in recent years.
THIS is Figgy Pudding
Figgy Pudding
Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
2 cups dried figs (about 1 pound), stems removed, chopped fine
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Garnish
Whipped cream
Instructions
In an electric mixer, cream the butter until fluffy. Add the eggs and molasses and beat again. Add the figs, lemon peel, buttermilk, and walnuts and blend 1 minute. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until everything is incorporated. Grease and flour and 8 by 4-inch souffle dish and pour in the batter. Bake in a 325-degree F. oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Spoon the pudding out onto plates or cut it into wedges. Garnish with the whipped cream.
Yield: 12 servings
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Well, there certainly is lots of different "Figgy Pudding" recipes out there. some info states that figgy pudding actually has no figs at all but is a fruitcake and not a pudding as we know it in the USA. it is however, very moist and more pudding like, and not dry like our tradtionally baked cakes.
You take a bunch of figs and smash them up, mix it with milk, sugar and other atrocities, then boil it all into a thick mess.
SOME ENGLISH CRAP!!!!!!!!!
It's pudding that's a little figgy.
I'm not sure…but you're supposed to bring it to someone…and they are pretty picky about where you put it (although they never get more specific than "here")
Figgy pudding has NO figs in it, and it is not a 'pudding' as we know them in the U.S. (made with milk). In Great Britain, a 'pudding' is ANY dessert. The 'figs' aren't the real fruit we know as 'figs' but currants (similar to raisins, but smaller) … and this dessert is actually a type of 'cake' made with lots of fruit in a floury base that is baked, then tied up in a 'gauze wrap' and tied, doused in brandy, boiled for an hour, doused in more brandy, and to be served 'properly' it's set in the middle of a metal plate and is 'lit' (like a candle, but there's no wick) so it's on fire when it's carried in.
Figgy pudding in England became 'fruitcake' in the U.S. … we don't wrap it and boil it, but we do douse it in brandy, although it's not set on fire … Figgy pudding is also called 'plum pudding' … but there are no plums in it, either! It's 'fruit cake with an attitude, on fire!'
It's English term for Fig Newtons, bwaa haaa haaa! I think?…I am calling my English grandma right now!???
**Calling London*** Riinngg ~ rinnng ~ !!!!
Well, I was wrong!!!! She said it something you should ask your dad! he he he!
Good Luck!
NOW FETCH ME a FIGGY PUDDING
NOW FETCH ME a FIGGY PUDDING
NOW FETCH ME a FIGGY PUDDING
AND BRING IT RIGHT HERE
GOOD TIDINGS WE BRING
TO YOU AND YOUR KIN
WE WISH YOU a MERRYCHRISTMAS AND a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
does that ring any bells??
Figgy pudding is a British-style pudding resembling something like a white Christmas pudding. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, or boiled.
The history of figgy pudding dates back to 17th century England. The ancestor of figgy pudding (and plum pudding) is a medieval spiced porridge known as Frumenty. Today, the term figgy pudding is known mainly because of the Christmas carol "we wish you a Merry Christmas," which mentions the pudding several times.
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Figgy pudding is a British-style pudding resembling something like a white Christmas pudding. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, or boiled.
The history of figgy pudding dates back to 17th century England. The ancestor of figgy pudding (and plum pudding) is a medieval spiced porridge known as Frumenty. Today, the term figgy pudding is known mainly because of the Christmas carol "we wish you a Merry Christmas," which mentions the pudding several times.
Its a bread style pudding made with figs usually steamed instead of baked. The consistancy is more like cake than pudding, as is most bread puddings.
Never heard of it.
That is a good question….i wish i could help …but i have no clue either
What the hell is figgy pudding?
