What Is Victorian Plum Pudding?

Christmas Plum Pudding: The celebrations of Christmas feast of the Victorian Era was not complete without a sweet delight; a plum pudding. The craze and popularity of the Plum Pudding were so much that even the writers and poets based their creations around the puddings,

The big and rich houses during Victorian times, cooked pudding differently, sometimes in typical molds like the jelly ones. They were sometimes also given the shapes of castles or towers or heart-shaped. Whereas the common people knew pudding only in the shape of balls.

By the mid-1600s, plum pudding was sufficiently associated with Christmas that when Oliver Cromwell came to power in 1647 he had it banned, along with Yule logs, carol-singing and nativity scenes. To Cromwell and his Puritan associates, such merry-making smacked of Druidic paganism and Roman Catholic idolatry.

Let sit for at least 20 minutes before serving. Plum pudding began life as plum pottage, or stew, in the 15 th century. Originally a rich stew, it was made from chopped beef or mutton, onions, root vegetables, and a variety of dried fruits. It was thickened with bread crumbs, flavored with wine and spices, and served at the beginning of a meal.