xmas food
hi america'ns do you have christmas pudding and do you put it on fire
xmas food
@envgen alas we do not have christmas pudding and we do not set it on fire :(
over here in americaland pudding almost exclusively refers to custard, usually of the type that is 'instant'/thickened with cornstarch instead of the whole nine yards of pulling out the double boiler and so on. similar to bird's custard powder. suet puddings or boiled puddings have basically not existed here for a long time. (at least 'here' meaning 'the american south') (we do luv our banana pudding tho)
xmas food
@envgen it's possible there's some analogue still in more northern cooking but i don't know of it off-hand. the closest christmas dessert is probably fruitcake which has been soaked with rum sometimes for weeks before serving, but we don't do any fun stuff like set it on fire or hide a coin in it to see who gets good luck.*
*over in nawlins they do have the baby in mardi gras cakes however
