Thud Pudding.
My first attempt at making a home made dessert11 total reviews
Comment from Mabaker12
Cass what else could I give a friend and fellow G&G cook, bar a six? Let me fill in some of my background and you will understand. I had what mental health workers today call a 'threatened childhood.' In other words my mother was the town drunk, and I don't try to sugar-coat that. However due to her neglect I was placed under the Child Welfare Dept.until I was eighteen. Resulting in me losing my freedom completely. I spent most of my childhood in a Catholic Orphanage and at fifteen began working as a 'mother's helper' to a farmers wife with three small children, for a pound a week and keep. It was she who taught me the rudiments of the G&G. I received my own copy from the travelling Rawliegh's Man. A fellow who travelled the country and sold Everything. So armed with a fair portion of natural animal cunning and my G&G I married in 1960 had six children (one stillborn,) but I could cook! Funny how three marks on paper bring back memories that purg even today. Now dear friend you see why you received the six. ( Oh, and the great writing as well) Let's never forget that.LOL. Love U Anne.
reply by the author on 02-May-2021
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Cass what else could I give a friend and fellow G&G cook, bar a six? Let me fill in some of my background and you will understand. I had what mental health workers today call a 'threatened childhood.' In other words my mother was the town drunk, and I don't try to sugar-coat that. However due to her neglect I was placed under the Child Welfare Dept.until I was eighteen. Resulting in me losing my freedom completely. I spent most of my childhood in a Catholic Orphanage and at fifteen began working as a 'mother's helper' to a farmers wife with three small children, for a pound a week and keep. It was she who taught me the rudiments of the G&G. I received my own copy from the travelling Rawliegh's Man. A fellow who travelled the country and sold Everything. So armed with a fair portion of natural animal cunning and my G&G I married in 1960 had six children (one stillborn,) but I could cook! Funny how three marks on paper bring back memories that purg even today. Now dear friend you see why you received the six. ( Oh, and the great writing as well) Let's never forget that.LOL. Love U Anne.
Comment Written 02-May-2021
reply by the author on 02-May-2021
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Dear Anne Thank you for your review of "Thud Pudding" and the AWESOME SIX STARS. I remember the Rawliegh's man from days of yore, but I was a Watkins' representative. When my elder son Shaun was born, I needed some extra income so I took on a Watkins' round. I enjoyed the work and made a small profit from my efforts, but I chucked it in when I found I had been hired to get rid of an old man who had been fiddling his books for years. I was rather annoyed about the deception and told them so in no uncertain terms. i packed it in not long after that and found a job at Wylies, on the production line making shock absorbers for motor cars. It was afternoon shift which suited me and well paid with a shift allowance.
From factory work I went to Hotel work, which I LOVED. Every Saturday night was party night for me.I had a ball.I have a quick tongue and a ready wit that came in very handy with some of the more "vocal" patrons. It was a very happy time of my life from 1974 to 1988. I had grown tired of the rushing about , the back breaking loads of dishes and the carrying on of a particularly nauseating manager, so I packed that in for a couple of years. The budget had grown a large hole down which all my money was vanishing. So I went out and found another job with a domestic agency. This was beaut. I went into posh homes and tidied them for these charming ladies, stayed for a cup of tea and got paid a nifty sum. I stayed with one agency or another until my 72nd birthday had come and gone and decided finally to call it quits. Noel died when I was 78and a half and in March of last year I moved into care. I am very happy here and so thankful to have a safe roof over my head.
Here endeth the Gospel according to Saint Cass. cheers Cass
Comment from Liz O'Neill
This could have been an excruciating experience. It's good you & your husband worked as a team. My experience is there is usually some kind of power struggle and thing get tense. I'm glad things worked out.
reply by the author on 03-Nov-2020
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This could have been an excruciating experience. It's good you & your husband worked as a team. My experience is there is usually some kind of power struggle and thing get tense. I'm glad things worked out.
Comment Written 03-Nov-2020
reply by the author on 03-Nov-2020
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Dear Liz Thank you for your review and the five stars. It was a laugh that we both enjoyed. The oven was proven to be at fault, so I didn't "lose face" over the matter. The next apple sponge pudding I baked was an unqualified success.
His mother actually ate some instead of shaking her head and saying how ill she's been for the last 24hours. Memories, memories
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
Ha ha, what a disaster that turned into. But in the end it wasn't your fault. You gave it your best effort. You explained what happened well. I could see everything as I read your entry. I believe you could cook/bake anything now, and probably have done just that.
Best wishes.
Respectfully, Jan
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Ha ha, what a disaster that turned into. But in the end it wasn't your fault. You gave it your best effort. You explained what happened well. I could see everything as I read your entry. I believe you could cook/bake anything now, and probably have done just that.
Best wishes.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Jan, Thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, my cooking expertise has improved over the 55 years we were married
and my husband had little to complain about throughout that time. He died in 2019, but the years we spent together with our two sons
were very happy, rich years,that give me much solace now.
Comment from Mary Vigasin
Very good story. It reminds me of my own Master Chef story with my own blunders.
It thought it was both funny and creative at your attempts to salvage the dessert which made it worse each time.
Good job on the story.
Good luck in the contest.
mary
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Very good story. It reminds me of my own Master Chef story with my own blunders.
It thought it was both funny and creative at your attempts to salvage the dessert which made it worse each time.
Good job on the story.
Good luck in the contest.
mary
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Mary, Thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, on reflection it would have been better to have binned the mess and have tinned peaches for dessert. But, we wanted a hot dessert on a cold night.Oh my aching tummy!
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
At least it wasn't your fault, it was the fault of the cooker. I think you are the only person I know who can actually honestly blame their failure on the tools! LOL! I enjoyed your story, it was fun. Good luck in the contest. :)) Sandra x
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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At least it wasn't your fault, it was the fault of the cooker. I think you are the only person I know who can actually honestly blame their failure on the tools! LOL! I enjoyed your story, it was fun. Good luck in the contest. :)) Sandra x
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Sandra, thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, my husband would agree with you there. He said at the time that it was the fault of the oven. On a subsequent occasion when I cooked another "Elizabeth Apple Pudding" it turned out very well. We told the diners of its history only after they had eaten it. My husband thought it was a huge joke and regaled them with the story of the original "Thud Pudding". I often wonder if the angels cook him nice desserts where he is now .
Comment from Monica Chaddick
This was a wonderful story, and I am sure that you and your husband have shared many looks and laughs regarding this dessert. I noticed that when you gave the 'real' name for the pudding, you forgot to close the quotation marks. Otherwise, I saw no problems. Best of luck in all of your writing endeavors.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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This was a wonderful story, and I am sure that you and your husband have shared many looks and laughs regarding this dessert. I noticed that when you gave the 'real' name for the pudding, you forgot to close the quotation marks. Otherwise, I saw no problems. Best of luck in all of your writing endeavors.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Monica, Thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, we had many a laugh over "thud pudding".Especially with our two sons, who had never had an inedible morsel put in front of them.When I cooked an apple sponge pudding AKA "Elizabeth Apple Pudding"
they ate it all in one sitting, ably assisted by their father who LOVED
desserts, and would cheerfully clean up any leftovers unless being warned not to. He eats at his late Auntie Gert's table now, joined by several cousins who have passed away, and I'll go there too one day.
they ate it all in one sitting, ably assisted by their father who LOVED
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Comment from humpwhistle
Hmmm. Cooking a pudding in an electric frypan seems a bit odd to me, but perhaps I'm being parochial. I've never made a pudding, and have a weird notion that it's done in pots as opposed to pans. Again, I'm no expert.
Anyway, I think your husband deserves credit for being a good sport.
Best of luck.
Peace, Lee
recipe for a dessert to complement the roast dinner I cooked in the brand new electric frypan.--This is a bit unclear. Did you cook a roast dinner in your new electric frypan? It doesn't seem likely, but that's what this sentence suggests.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Hmmm. Cooking a pudding in an electric frypan seems a bit odd to me, but perhaps I'm being parochial. I've never made a pudding, and have a weird notion that it's done in pots as opposed to pans. Again, I'm no expert.
Anyway, I think your husband deserves credit for being a good sport.
Best of luck.
Peace, Lee
recipe for a dessert to complement the roast dinner I cooked in the brand new electric frypan.--This is a bit unclear. Did you cook a roast dinner in your new electric frypan? It doesn't seem likely, but that's what this sentence suggests.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Humpwhistle, Thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, the roast dinner was cooked in the frypan. I had to wash it out to make it ready to do the pudding. I kept it hot and palatable by placing the veggies and the meat in basins over boiling water to keep them nice. As for what you cook puddings in? It depends on what kind of pudding it is. A steamed pudding would be in a bowl
in a saucepan half full of boiling water. The one in the story was a baked pudding, so it was in a pie dish. When I cooked an apple sponge dessert for the family they ate every scrap and practically licked the dish clean. My husband was a man with a sense of humour
who could usually see the funny side of things, but Thud pudding was a choice joke he'd bring out to share with special chums.
Memories, memories
Comment from Carlos' girl
This is an excellent entry for the contest..you are a very, very good writer. I like the images this conjures up of you as a newlywed trying to salvage the pudding, and your husband being so kind. i have some old cookbooks my mom passed on to me, as i love to cook. thanks for the nice read.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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This is an excellent entry for the contest..you are a very, very good writer. I like the images this conjures up of you as a newlywed trying to salvage the pudding, and your husband being so kind. i have some old cookbooks my mom passed on to me, as i love to cook. thanks for the nice read.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Friend, thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, he was a very kind-hearted man and I miss him now he has gone to his Maker. It is so nice to have happy memories to recall and to share.
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it is fun to share memories.
Comment from Cynthia Adams1
This is an interesting story that seems to have been relegated to a funny story you can remind each other of after many years of married happiness, so that is a great thing.
I have never been a good cook and have had so many aweful cooking attempts that I'd rather not think about it.
What strikes me as the most important part of the story is the relationship between the couple...that his kindness about it, made it something o.k. that can be laughed about years later. That is a very sweet thing.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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This is an interesting story that seems to have been relegated to a funny story you can remind each other of after many years of married happiness, so that is a great thing.
I have never been a good cook and have had so many aweful cooking attempts that I'd rather not think about it.
What strikes me as the most important part of the story is the relationship between the couple...that his kindness about it, made it something o.k. that can be laughed about years later. That is a very sweet thing.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Cynthia Thank you for your review and the five stars. Yes, we had a lot to laugh about in those early days. Memories that I now treasure since he is no longer with us. He was a very kind-hearted man who loved animals, small children and his food. Thud pudding was a shared joke between the two of us for years until the children
arrived. After that, it became a threat. Eat your food or you'll get thud pudding for dessert. No problems though they ate everything we gave them.
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Thank you for sharing this wonderful part of your life with me. Blessings.
Comment from Seshadri_Sreenivasan
I find this very amusing. Your husband must be a kind soul to grin and bear it--the 'Thud' I mean! I like the easy style you have narrated the incident. Love it. Good luck!
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reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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I find this very amusing. Your husband must be a kind soul to grin and bear it--the 'Thud' I mean! I like the easy style you have narrated the incident. Love it. Good luck!
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Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2020
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Dear Friend, Thank you for your review and the five stars. My husband (may he rest in peace) was a very chivalrous man who would never have made an unkind remark or mocked my efforts at cooking. Just as well,'cos it would have cost him dearly.
