On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 9:44:37 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> On 2018-12-19 7:11 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > On 12/18/2018 6:39 PM, graham wrote:
> >> On 2018-12-18 2:30 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> >>> On 12/18/2018 3:45 PM, graham wrote:
> >>>> On 2018-12-18 1:21 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:18:24 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> >>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 3:07:02 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 2018-12-18 8:04 a.m., Doris Night wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:21:22 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> >>>>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 5:41:30 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith
> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> I can't even imagine why they would. I always thought of it as
> >>>>>>>>>> a dish to
> >>>>>>>>>> use up old bread.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Not at all.Â* Sometimes we just want French toast, and we buy bread
> >>>>>>>>> expressly to make it.Â* Our usual bread is much too sturdy and
> >>>>>>>>> doesn't
> >>>>>>>>> give the results we want.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I always keep a loaf of white bread around just for French toast or
> >>>>>>>> dressing. And if we're having gravy with anything (stew) DH likes
> >>>>>>>> white bread with gravy.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Doris
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It's the *only* bread for Summer Pudding.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It may amuse you to know that millions of people don't make
> >>>>>> or eat Summer Pudding.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't even know what it is. Something British?
> >>>>>
> >>>> Yes! A superb dessert made with raspberries, redcurrants and one or
> >>>> two other soft fruits.
> >>>
> >>> I saw something similar on a PBS cooking show featuring an Irish
> >>> chef. He used cubed bread to make a dessert pudding with raspberries,
> >>> sliced fresh ripe peaches (I think he said some other fruit could be
> >>> substituted for the peaches, didn't catch what).Â* Nothing I've ever
> >>> had but it looked quite tasty.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >> This doesn't use cubed bread. You line a basin with bread slices and
> >> fill with soft fruit. Several recipes and illustrations he
> >> http://tiny.cc/xrpt1y
> >>
> >> It really is worth making!!
> >
> > Hmmm.Â* The fruit pudding I saw was baked.Â* All I can tell is from those
> > pics is it's not something I've ever seen or tasted.
> >
> > Jill
> It's not baked. You line a pudding basin with bread.

Not everybody has a pudding basin. I suppose I could substitute any
suitably sized bowl.

Cindy Hamilton