RobtE wrote:

> 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.

I have no intention of conducting such a search. As I said, such things bore
me. I'm perfectly happy with summer pudding as it is currently made.

Several of the references I posted earlier give places that you can look if
you REALLY have been "looking for a recipe for summer pudding as we now know
it that predates the 1930s." At least one of them was at Oxford. Maybe you
can go there and finally satisfy your curiosity. Or maybe you can just go
there and **** yourself.

Bob