You said you'd feed me brandy and Christmas cake

[venta]

Of course, the other day's question about my leftover red wine missed the most important detail. So did I until now. There was me worrying about red wine when there was also leftover prosecco in the fridge (slack bastards, my dinner guests, never finish anything).

Anyway, I'm now addressing the issue. It's not as fizzy as it might be, but is otherwise surprisingly decent.

However: settle an important conundrum for us, will you?

I want to know what you think is usual to put on Christmas pudding. Not necessarily what you want on your pud, or that weird thing that your family's done for years, but the list of things you might consider it customary to offer, or put, on Christmas pud. (Why yes, the use of the pejorative word "normal" in the poll does indicate that I have an axe to grind ;)

[Poll #1948620]

If, like me, your answer is different based on whether the pud is hot or cold, this one is being served hot.

Comments

[lnr]

You don't list brandy sauce - which is what we usually end up with these days, and which is an adequate substitute for rum sauce, which we always had as kids. Oddly I think mostly because we had rum in the house but not brandy :) Don't forget to set fire to the pud first of course too.

Cream if cold? I don't think I tend to eat it cold myself.

[lnr]

Oh and though I think it's pretty weird myself brandy butter seems to be more paired with mince pies.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I actually like pud better cold. Along with all the other leftovers from last Sunday, I have a tub of Mr Tesco's extra-thick cream with brandy which I have to say goes excellently with cold pudding.

I've never heard of brandy sauce as a Thing, but accept that armed with the concept of rum sauce I can just about conceive of it :)