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Thread #28826 Message #3060242
Posted By: giles earle
23-Dec-10 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: Does anyone know? What is Figgy Pudding?
Subject: RE: Does anyone know? What is Figgy Pudding?
Elizabeth David (English Bread and Yeast Cookery, publ. 1977) confirms Joe F's post about the figs/figgys in old Cornish and West Country recipes (and the plums/plumbs of plum cake and pudding) being raisins or currants.