TNT: Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding

 

The stitching this week hasn't been terribly interesting. I did finish the tulip motif on the Christmas Quaker and my Santa has one arm and a mitten. The blank spaces are for the beads that come later. 

What is interesting is another new needlepoint kit. I bought one from this company and then they bombarded me with ads saying that what I really wanted was this one and I think they are right. I do love a plum pudding.

I have a plum pudding on my tree...

...and my very own pudding pot for steaming. 

My recipe for plum pudding is like making a steamed fruitcake with the difference being grated apple and prunes. No figs though. Can't find them this time of year.

As I write this my pudding has been steaming for four hours now. When it's done it will get the same treatment as the fruitcakes.

They get wrapped up tightly after getting a weekly brushing of brandy and stuffed in a tin until Christmas. They only get better with age. I sure wish I did. This time next week I'll be 72 and every inch of me reminds me of it every darn day.