Stir-up Sunday

[lizzieb887]

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/day/meal/pud.jpg

Stir-up Sunday falls on 22 November
Stir-up Sunday is the traditional day for everyone in the family to take a turn at stirring the Christmas pudding, whilst making a wish. Before Christmas puddings were sold ready-made in foil containers, they were always made at home. They were made a month before Christmas day so they had time to mature.
On Stir-up Sunday families returned from Church to give the pudding its traditional lucky stir. They always stirred the pudding from East to West in honour of the three Wise Men who visited the baby Jesus.
Children were often heard chanting the following rhyme:
Stir up, we beseech thee, the pudding in the pot;
And when we get home we'll eat the lot.
These words were an adaptation of what they had heard in church on this day.


To mark this we are holding a contest for the best pudding!!!
This can be a drawn image,picture,poem,song or whatever. use your imagination.... competition will endon 22nd and winner will be announced

[Forsberg]

That pudding looks so.. so.. :confused: good.

I prefer mine from the packet though, Could never stand a homemade Pudding. My mom used to make them.

[lizzieb887]

it was always tradition to have a home cooked Christmas pudding which has silver coins or tokens mixed into it – this is something my family has always done. If you find a coin it will bring you luck for the year.
homemade xmas puddings taste so much better and you also know whats going into them.

[chrisss]

so is it like a cake?

[lizzieb887]

so is it like a cake?
steamed pudding:p very rich

[Dario]

Thats a cake i would never put in my mouth :rolleyes: xDD

[TPXStudios]

Tht pic looks almost like a chocolate candy apple.

[lizzieb887]

Thats a cake i would never put in my mouth :rolleyes: xDD
no dear its a christmas pudding google search

[Reggie]

Is Stir-Sunday a new holiday? :confused: Sorry if I'm being dumb. :redface

[lizzieb887]

Is Stir-Sunday a new holiday? :confused: Sorry if I'm being dumb. :redface
no its traditional for people to make xmas puddings on that day lol
people didnt always buy food processed and in packets they actually cooked food from scratch:eek:

[TPXStudios]

Well christmas pudding scares me

[chrisss]

no its traditional for people to make xmas puddings on that day lol
people didnt always buy food processed and in packets they actually cooked food from scratch:eek:


I make pudding from scratch but its creamy here. Christmas pudding -Its a pudding like in Night before christmas. Need to actually google a recipe now since it looks more like cake.

Oh its our variant of fruit cake:eek: The things that get recycled year to year. Does anyone actually eat them:o

[lizzieb887]

I make pudding from scratch but its creamy here. Christmas pudding -Its a pudding like in Night before christmas. Need to actually google a recipe now since it looks more like cake.

Oh its our variant of fruit cake:eek: The things that get recycled year to year. Does anyone actually eat them:o
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sweet/traditional-christmas-pudding.html
shes a well known uk cook and her recipies are yummy

[<3Sarah<3]

It looks likea chocolate lava cake with mistle toe or however you spell it on the top. :)

[TrueRedDevil]

:rolleyes:Is that even edible...

[lizzieb887]

xmas pudding is edible its a heavy pudding and often serve with brandy sauce. its full of fruit, nuts peel and brandy:eek:

[TrueRedDevil]

Here in the north (Finland, where else:D) we have a special treat called "Mämmi", usually served around the times of Easter...
http://mediaserver-2.vuodatus.net/g/72845/1238416509_img-d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.jpg
Yummy, eh?
Believe it or not, Mämmi has a sweet flavour

[Reggie]

We used to make Corn Pudding and Banana Pudding from scratch. With the Banana Pudding, we use lemon pudding mix, make the pudding ourselves, chop the bananas up and stir them into the processed pudding mix, of course, add Vanilla Wafers in an empty serving bowl, and then we pour the first layer of banana pudding into the empty bowl and repeat the step until we reach three layers to the recipe. At the end, we sprinkle the last batch of vanilla waffers on the top layer of pudding and banana. I don't remember the ingredients for the Corn Pudding. It's been so long since we made these holiday puddings. :cool: Other than this, we typically don't serve Stir-Up Sunday's tradition. Now did I blow up a family recipe? :eek

[Bird]

no dear its a christmas pudding google search

Yeah the stuff with raisins in it and it's in a bowl shape. We have it here in the UK =]

[TPXStudios]

why does everything holiday food related looks like crap?

[Sookyoung]

its not crap:rolleyes: