Figgy pudding
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A figgy pudding with flaming brandy
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| Alternative name(s) | Christmas pudding |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | England |
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| Type | Pudding |
| Main ingredient(s) | Figs |
Figgy pudding is made with figs (other references state that it was made with plums not figs http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-figgy-pudding-180957600/) and was popular as a Christmas pudding in the British Isles. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, boiled or fried.[1]
Figgy pudding dates back to 16th century England.[2] Its possible ancestors include savory puddings, such as crustades, fygeye or figge (a potage of mashed figs thickened with bread), creme boiled (a kind of stirred custard), and sippets (croutons).[3] In any case, its methods and ingredients appear in diverse older recipes. Today, the term figgy pudding is popularized mainly by the Christmas carol "We Wish You A Merry Christmas," which includes the line, "Now bring us some figgy pudding". A variety of nineteenth-century sources state that, in the West Country of England (from which the carol comes), "figgy pudding" referred to a raisin or plum pudding, not necessarily one containing figs.[4][5][6]
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References
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- ↑ OED
- ↑ "A 'figgy pudding'; a pudding with raisins in it; a plum pudding", from "Devonshire and Cornwall Vocabulary", The Monthly Magazine vol. 29/6, no. 199, June 1, 1810. p. 435
- ↑ "Plum-pudding and plum-cake are universally called figgy pudding and figgy cake in Devonshire", from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Figgy Pudding ... the ordinary name for plum-pudding. Also a baked batter pudding with raisins in it", Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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