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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: Brack #3110 06/06/00 08:08 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > The rings sound fun, like putting a silver sixpence in a Christmas Pudding. Do people still carry on that tradition?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Brack #3111 06/06/00 08:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah OP jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Yep (not too many trips to the hospital to get foreign bodies removed, so far). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Brack #3112 06/06/00 08:33 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > Yep (not too many trips to the hospital to get foreign bodies removed, so far). Which reminds me of that dreadful old joke about the schoolboy who swallowed a sixpence - but it was alright. It was his dinner money. No, I didn't laugh this time, either. That was a poor way to achieve membership, wasn't it kids? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Christmas Pudding #3113 06/06/00 09:46 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia M Meta4 stranger Meta4 stranger M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia We also had little silver charms in ours: money bags, silver spoon, bachelor's button... They were notionally indicative of your year ahead. Anyone know any more? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Christmas Pudding #3114 06/08/00 11:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Disclaimer, first: I cannot abide black-eyed peas, so I have no direct experience with this custom. But, I believe, among people who like them here, that it is a tradition that whoever gets the bowlful on Jan. 1st. that contains the dime that was dropped into the pot, will have extra-good luck throughout the year. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bachelor's button #3115 06/09/00 07:05 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand D David108 member David108 member D Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand What, pray tell, is a bachelor's button? I have an image of some young, eligible spinster finding this thing in her Christmas cake, having to sew the button back on the owner's shirt, and then marrying him. Or am I being an incurable romantic? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bachelor's button #3116 06/10/00 09:04 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Brewer says (in his wonderful old-fashioned prose): Buttons, similar in principle to press-studs used in dressmaking, and affixed without the need of sewing, hence the name. Also, several button-shaped flowers are so called … rustics were wont to put them in their pockets and their growth was an indication that they would find favour with their sweethearts. Maidens wore them under their aprons. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bachelor's button #3117 06/10/00 11:12 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh, paulb, thank you!! I always just thought bachelor's buttons were another name for cornflowers! Never occurred to me there was a history behind the name! They were the very first flowers my then-husband-to-be gave me, and do you know, I treasure the memory of them even more than I do of the 20 red roses he gave me this year on our 20th anniversary! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soda Bread #3118 06/14/00 03:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah OP jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Rubrick I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned my favourite bread. I always associate soda bread with Ireland we can get it here but it never tastes as good. I was wondering if Jackie's biscuit had its origins in soda bread. It sounds like it fulfills a similar role in the diet but soda bread has no added fat. Is "Scofa" bread the same thing? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soda Bread #3119 06/15/00 10:18 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned my favourite bread. I always associate soda bread with Ireland we can get it here but it never tastes as good. I was wondering if Jackie's biscuit had its origins in soda bread. It sounds like it fulfills a similar role in the diet but soda bread has no added fat. Is "Scofa" bread the same thing? Sorry about that - it never occurred to me to mention it. Soda bread has everything - a light texture, a full taste and no fat! Though it tastes best when smothered with butter - yum! 'Scofa'? Sounds like couch potato language - i.e. 'scoffing on a sofa' Anyone want the recipe for Soda bread? Send me a private and I'll get back to you. It's very easy to make. 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