Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> In case you didn't notice...
> allow me to point out...
> I have no great emotional stake in the
> Arguments about recipe authenticity
> and verifiable food history bore me.

Good heavens, what a patronising and pompous posting. One would almost
think you were an American. Tell me, however do you manage not to
disappear up your own arse?

We could trade quotations till the cows come home. Of course the absence
of proof to the contrary is not the same as proof, but for three years
I've been looking for a recipe for summer pudding as we now know it that
predates the 1930s - one with a verifiable provenance - so far with no
success. If you can find one then get back to me.

RobtE