You know, I really should’ve expected this to go wrong. Who cooks “Christmas pudding” months away from the holidays? This girl, that’s who.
Plus, I loathe fruits in my desserts. I mean who was I kidding? There was no way this was going to taste good.
…And I tried a vegan recipe. Who replaces butter? I CAN’T EVEN. Except I did.
Okay, so I’m blaming a lot of factors, but probably the biggest fault—I’m pretty sure I overcooked this thing. To be fair, this had the wonkiest cooking instructions I’ve ever seen. You basically mix all the ingredients together (including such things as prunes, raisins, and dried apricots), then chuck it in a heat resistant bowl. Then you cover it in parchment paper and aluminum foil and toss it in some boiling water. Then, you have to simmer it on the stove for FIVE FREAKING HOURS.
The problem with my stove though, is that it doesn’t know how to simmer water. It goes from tepid water to roiling and boiling. There is no inbetween. So though I tried to fight it, I’m pretty sure that despite my best efforts, this thing was overcooked.
To taste it was a joke. I’m not even kidding, we literally laughed hysterically at how horrific this thing was. On first impressions it seemed tart—until the aftertaste of bitterness reared its ugly head out of my throat and lingered in my mouth. I kid you not, I wanted to scrape my tongue to get whatever the hell that godawful taste was out of my mouth. Drowning it in whipped cream didn’t help.
My significant other, god bless him, tried to say he liked it even though I could visibly see him choking it down. He was pretty thankful when I told him it was okay to stop.
We decided that we needed to taste actual Christmas pudding one day (I’d like to think I’d royally screwed this up, because surely nobody would voluntarily eat what I’d made).
Also, although he appreciates my love for experimenting with new foods in the kitchen, the man in my life very politely asked me to experiment with hamburgers next time. You know, safe food. Ha!
You can find the recipes I used here at VeggieAthletics.
Sounds like you had an experience like I had making biscuits!! It’s ok laugh about it have fun and get it next time or just make non vegan cake lol!
It was such a disaster, but we got a lot of good laughs out of it!
Gah Kristen!! You’re so weird!! 😝😁
I’m glad it worked out for ya!
I know, I’m a walking train wreck but it makes life interesting!
I wouldn’t say a train wreck. Nah.. you’re awesome! Eclectic.. just a bit.
I’m pretty sure I’m a train wreck on legs. 🙂
Ok.. you win. But just know I don’t think so. And haven’t read anything that confirms it..
Lol, well thank you, I appreciate it!
I’ve been very supportive and nice to you lately… 🤔🤦♂️
😝💩😝💩😝💩😝💩
I know. It’s weird. Lol
I hereby stop. No more says I.
I knew it couldn’t last forever!
😝😁
I refuse to respond with more emojis.
*sigh* fine… lovely weather we’re having eh Kristen?
I mean, it could be a little cooler, but you know, it’s summer.
I am cracking up 🤣 especially about the part where your significant other tried to choke it down! I’ve never tried Christmas pudding before but I have actually heard it’s usually not the best thing in the world anyways.
God, I felt so bad for him. He was trying to be supportive but neither of us could handle it.
Eating what I made, I definitely wondered why anyone would voluntarily eat this. Just ew. So much yuck.
I’m not going to laugh like everyone else….bad-bad people (hahahaha) I will say kudos for trying it! I have never made it or tried it and now I don’t think I ever will!
It was pretty vomit worthy. And to be honest… My boyfriend still laughs hysterically when it’s brought up!