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On 2018-12-20 4:24 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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
>

Or you could try it this way - but you needn't cuss:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyP6KC4XklA