Christmas puddings No Christmas dinner in the UK is complete without a Christmas pudding.
Originally a meat based dish dating from the Middle Ages, Christmas pudding evolved over the years as various ingredients were added and dropped until we have the non-meat, dried-fruit based pudding of today. Though eaten in some shape or form for hundreds of years, it was only established as a Christmas ‘must’ in the 1800s when Queen Victoria’s husband, with his insatiable appetite for ‘plum duff’, made it fashionable throughout the country. It is traditional for it to be covered with brandy just before serving and for the brandy to be set alight and carried into the dining-room as a flaming pud.
