Heritage Partner Comment by That's Just How It Was on November 22, 2015 at 8:58am

Am defo going to try this recipe 

Comment by Tom McGrath on November 23, 2015 at 9:26pm

Sounds easy enough, may give it a try, Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to all

Comment by michael dunne on November 29, 2015 at 12:50pm

Maybe it is but look at the long list of ingredients...ground nutmeg, cinnamon, dried cranberries (disastrous for diabetics), vanilla extract, golden raisins, apricots, brioche or challah bread and Rum? Then after boiling up  all these ingredients which every self respecting kitchen keeper should have, you drain off the liquid and discard. The height of madness. rum is an expensive beverage to be discarding. I would not be inverting this concoction on to eight plates. I would not wait ten minutes to sample it and only if it was average would I leave it for other carnivores who lurk around the kitchen once food is smelt.

Bread pudding was a rare treat from Mam who would add a few raisins / sultanas onto left over bread which was extremely rare and would be gone past eating as it would be stale as a rock. Once or twice I remember getting custard on it, but to the average Irish family this dish was known as 'goodie' ie stale bread boiled in water and sugar added if one had the sugar. Google goodie and see?

Comment by Margaret M. Johnson on November 29, 2015 at 4:10pm

So I guess you won't be making this any time soon?????? Too bad; it's delicious!

Comment by michael dunne on November 30, 2015 at 5:24pm

Well never say never Margaret! My family is now reared and so there would be the occasional half a loaf of bread that could be used for the less extravagant and equally nourishing 'Goodie'. I'm not proud of wasting any food or totally convinced on the morals of keeping such an array of exotic ingredients as listed, at arms length, ar eagla na h'eagla ( for fear of the fear) that an urge would come over me to commence on such an adventurous and creative career of gastronomic delights.

Once embarked upon, there would be the semi obligation to seek recognition of ones efforts, thereby offering up, maybe permanently, the privacy of ones home. I wouldn't have much difficulty here, as for a long time I have understood that a mans home is not his castle but the family castle. Our family as most Irish families is a matriarchal one and so its Mammies who rule the roost. At least I can read the recipe and look at the pictures. Yum yum

Comment by Margaret M. Johnson on December 1, 2015 at 8:18am

Good. Hope you get a copy of the cookbook and enjoy the reading! Merry Christmas.

Comment by michael dunne on December 2, 2015 at 10:23am

Go raibh Maith agat Margaret, agus Nollaig Shona Dhuit..

Michael

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