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

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

-Ice cream, especially rum and raisin
-Wensleydale cheese

[venta.livejournal.com]

You know, it's never occurred to me to eat cheese with Christmas pudding. Which is weird, because I'm a rabid cheese-with-Christmas-cake person, and when it comes down to it the two really aren't very different.

[lnr]

Yay, cheese with cake. I so have to try it with pud now if we have any left over.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

They are very different: Xmas pud* is nice, Xmas cake is vile.

*Dried fruit is generally** vile, but Xmas pud is honorary not dried fruit
**Dried mango is nice, as is dried pineapple. But candied dried fruit or dried grapes/berries are pretty much exclusively vile. Unless rehydrated with lots of boozahol. Or tea.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

I've seen cheese done, but it's not in my pantheon of "right".