Mundane News

[potsy]

I too like that time of year but not when the stupid thing starts in October

 

[vernon]

I too like that time of year but not when the stupid thing starts in October

Mine started December 26th.

 

[numbnuts]

It's all gone dark again

 

[Hill Wimp]

Potsy is only upset about Christmas because they didn't ask him to play Santa again.

I like Christmas

I thought he played one of the elves

 

[Katherine]

One to try!
Guinness® Christmas Pudding With Whisky cream

Soaking the fruit in Guinness really plumps it up and gives a rich,
dark pudding without the bitterness of brandy or rum​

“Shut your eyes and see.”
James Joyce

Ingredients
140g raisins
140g sultanas
140g currants
140g dates, chopped
50g mixed peel
1 large Bramley apple (about 125g), peeled and finely chopped
250ml Guinness Extra stout
zest 1 orange
zest 1 lemon
100g cold butter, plus extra for the basin
100g dark muscovado sugar, plus 2 tbsp
100g fresh white breadcrumbs
50g self-raising flour
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
2 eggs, beaten

Method

1. Mix the dried fruit and apple, then add the Guinness, orange and lemon zests and stir. Cover and leave overnight to soak. Butter a 1.25 litre/2 pint pudding basin, then spoon in 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar. Turn the bowl at an angle, jiggling the sugar around as you go to coat the inside of the bowl.
2. Mix the remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. Grate the butter, then add to the bowl along with the eggs and fruit, and stir well. Spoon into the basin and level the top.
3. Take a sheet of foil about 30cm long, cover with a same-size sheet of greaseproof paper and butter the paper. Fold a 3cm pleat in the
4. Sit the pudding on a heatproof saucer in a saucepan, then pour in just-boiled water to come halfway up basin. Cover and steam for 6 hrs, topping up water occasionally.
5. Re-cover with fresh paper and foil and store in a cool place. To reheat, steam for 1 hr or microwave, without foil, for 10 mins on Medium.

Thank you. I've printed out the recipe. However, it might not actually get made this year.

 

[potsy]

I thought he played one of the elves

Only because I'm too fat to play Santa

 

[TVC]

Only because I'm too fat to play Santa

You remind me of Santa, he only seems to work one day a year too.

 

[TVC]

One day??? Blimey that's a lot of work.

Yep, and Hill Wimp will be along in a minute to remind me that she only has 799* days left to work.


*just a guess, if I'm right it's going to make me look a bit stalky.

 

[potsy]

if I'm right it's going to make me look a bit stalky

Oi, that job's already taken

 

[vernon]

Oi, that job's already taken

SAYS WHO?

 

[TVC]

Actually I think Ronnie Pickering said it.

Who's Ronnie Pickering?

 

[Lullabelle]

On my way home I walked past a house with their Christmas tree up in the lounge, I assume someone in the house isn't expected to make it to Dec 25

 

[vernon]

Who's Ronnie Pickering?

I killed him in a bare knuckle fight.

 

[TVC]

Today I found out PewDiePie exists. He does Youtube videos and has made over $12M from it. A work mate's teenage daughter took a train to Leeds and queued for 4 hours to meet him at the weekend. Look on youtube if you want, it is utter sweary dross. I dispair of the youth of today.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Yep, and Hill Wimp will be along in a minute to remind me that she only has 897* days left to work.


*just a guess, if I'm right it's going to make me look a bit stalky.

36 months or 159 weeks or 799 working days