Lucretia Borgia > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:16:01 -0400, "limey" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message > >
>>> >
>>> >> I am not sure if anyone pointed out that bread pudding came into
>>> >> its own during the war. The flour in the bread replaced the
>>> >> loose flour that was not available most of the time. Ingredients
>>> >> were very flexible, in other words what one could find, and if
>>> >> the mixture was not too appealing, well it would be covered in
>>> >> custard to make it somewhat better. I remember fairly frequently
>>> >> when it was mostly bread and suet with just the odd trophy
>>> >> currant if you were the lucky kid who got that slice
>>> >>
>>> >> I prefer the bread and butter pudding to the bread pudding simply
>>> >> because I had the latter ad infinitum as a kid.
>>> >>
>>> >> Sheena
>>> >
>>> >Well, I hate to give away my distinguished years, but I was eating
>>> >bread pudding as a small child long before the war. I think it
>>> >was just an economical way to use up stale bread. Although the
>>> >stuff fills me with nostalgia, I can't say it was my favourite -
>>> >I'd rather have a good gooseberry pie, myself. <G>
>>> >
>>> >Dora
>>> >
>>> I was not suggesting it was not around earlier, but that it came
>>> into it's own during the war for the mentioned reasons.
>>>
>>> Sheena
>>
>>I wasn't disputing you at all, Sheena - just throwing in an idle
>>comment. I'd still like that slice of gooseberry pie, though. ;-(
>>
>>Dora
>>
> Well watch out under the gooseberry bushes, people come back with a
> baby from there !
>
> Sheena
>

Remind me not to plant one of those bushes in my yard!

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