We Followed An 1840s Figgy Pudding Recipe

HELLO FRIENDS! we'd heard the carol, but we've never tasted the pudding - so we decided to try and make it, the old fashioned way! well, the victorian way, not the medieval way... what did you guys think of our "speckled cannon ball"? also - re: the saf channel, i know it's been a while since we posted on there, and we were hoping to have a video up before the end of the year, but we sort of took on a big project that ended up as 2 60 minute long videos that we're still working on 💀we're really excited for them, but unfortunately it looks like they'll probably go up in early january! so sorry for the long hiatus there. happy holidays to all of you and thanks for watching this year! we'll see you guys a-next time. EDIT: also no, saf is not pregnant - she would not have been consuming cake with brandy in it if she were!

Safiya looks more and more like Morticia everyday and I’m here for it

Fun fact! Wine glasses used to be much smaller than modern glasses in that time period. It would have been 5 to 7 times smaller in the 1800's! So if your glaze/sauce was too watery and alcohol heavy, that's the reason.

Our students sang this song during the holiday concert,but one sweet child didn’t quite know the words. He proudly shout/sang “so bring us some friggen pudding!”

Soak your dried fruit. Most people use alcohol (rum, brandy and cognac) to soak the dried fruit and peel, but you can use orange juice or strong black tea. This helps both puddings and cakes cook with the steam from the fruit as it cooks. A lot of people who don't like fruit cake because it is dry simply because it is not made with soaked fruit.

there are 3 different renditions of "god rest ye merry gentlemen" in this video - can you find them all? 🙃

As a brit, I never realised Christmas pudding wasn't a thing in other countries. That's so fascinating! *also Saf looks stunning, like a Gibson girl version of Morticia Addams. Very beautiful. Now I just want a video of Saf doing different decade renditions of Morticia x

As a Devonian native, it’s pronounced Devon-sheer 😊 Some tips from my mum - 1) it’s good with warm ambrosia custard or brandy cream. It definitely needs moisture with it. 2) the candied peel it better when it’s chopped very little. 3) you get a better flaming effect when you heat up the brandy in a ladle until it’s turning to vapour - it’s the vapour that ignites 4) if you do try it again, do it in a pudding basin with a circle of greese-proof paper in a slow cooker Good try though guys! If you want to carry on the theme of steamed puddings I highly recommend Spotted Dick (it can be done in the microwave in like 5 mins)

I love that Christmas Pudding is an utter novelty in the US but here in Britain it’s iconic.

"Let's get figgy with it" would be quite fitting for a holiday merch drop 😂😁 I love the channel!

Yes you can buy it in any supermarket in Britain during the Xmas season. Pudding doesn't mean a specific dish, but anything which is steamed, the steam is the key to what is a pudding not the content.

My family would have this every year for Christmas. Light it on fire and sing Joy to the World as it's walked into the dining room. I highly recommend it with brandy butter/hard sauce! 2 things: 1. I actually only found out that figgy pudding and plum pudding was the same thing as an adult. 2. Kinda shocked at the alcohol content and how my family found this dish appropriate for consumption by children under 10.

Saf really does looks like a very happy Morticia! And glowing with that beautiful chaotic energy she has in Tyler's videos. Love it!

Fun fact: “Figgy” was a term for any dried fruit. It didn’t have to be figs. Banana chips are technically “ figgy”. It’s not limited to “ raisins”

Glasses in the period (wine and otherwise) were smaller then they are today. So you’ve added about 3 times as much liquor into the sauce as it actually calls for. Should be nice and strong! Lol

As a British person, I find this surreal. They are treating making a Christmas Pudding like food archeology. I have this all the time at this time of year, I don't often make it from scratch though.

We call it a Christmas pudding in the uk , pour brandy on it and set it on fire and serve with cream or Ice cream,

I love that even when Tyler is narrating, Safiya can't help but do hand motions.

Reminds me of a funny family story: one of my relatives (cousins?) was in the merchant marines during the Korean war, and during Christmas, my great grandmother decided to bake him a fruit cake to send to him. The problem was, my family were all strict methodists, and never even used alcohol even to cook with. My grandma was not to be deterred though, and bought a bottle of brandy which she completely drained into the cake. It was apparently QUITE a scene when the mail clerk brought a package reeking of alcohol to the straight laced methodist kid (and it apparently make him VERY popular in his unit)

Christmas pudding is still an expected xmas MUST in many of the colonies, we had one today. Never had a xmas without one in 44 years. ETA: They have replaced suet with butter for the most part.