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Show ENGLISH PLUM i PUDDING ! In the Book of Common Prayer i of the Church of England, the ! prayer for the last Sunday before j Advent began with the words I "Stir up." The people of Peter-1 borough took this to be a reminder j that they should start their plum ; pudding at that time, and every- I body in the family took a hand in the stirring until it was ready on Christmas. This indispensable o 1 d-t i m e English Christmas dish was furmety, fur-mety, or nenty, which according accord-ing to oldt i recipes was "wheat boiled until -he grains burst, then strained and boiled again with broth or milk and yolks of eggs." |