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What is the traditional English dessert made from?
What is the traditional English dessert made from?
- Breadcrumbs, raisins, currants and prunes
- Breadcrumbs, raisins, currants and wine
- Breadcrumbs, raisins, currants and spices (correct)
- Breadcrumbs, raisins, currants and sugar
What does stirring the pudding from east to west represent?
What does stirring the pudding from east to west represent?
- The three Kings (correct)
- The four Disciples
- The four seasons
- The four elements
What is put into the pudding mixture before it is baked?
What is put into the pudding mixture before it is baked?
- Silver coins (correct)
- Gold coins
- Copper coins
- Paper money
Study Notes
- The Christmas pudding is a traditional English dessert that is made from a mixture of breadcrumbs, raisins, currants, prunes, wines and spices.
- It evolved from a fasting dish in preparation for the Christmas festivities and was first called frumenty.
- The Christmas pudding is made by the 25th Sunday after Trinity and is prepared with 13 ingredients (to represent Jesus and his Disciples) and is stirred from east to west with a wooden spoon to symbolize the three Kings.
- Silver coins are often put into the pudding mixture before it is baked to bring good luck in the coming year.
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