Show PUDDINGS FURNISHED london manufacturer made that many to meet the demands of the christmas spirit the manufacture of plum pudding in in england to Is mainly confined to london and Is carried on by all the principal bakeries delicatessen and other establishments the industry was greatly boomed by the doer boer war in the opening days of that struggle the yuletide season increased the natural solicitude for the fathers and sons and husbands in far away africa and the plum pudding was requisitioned in large quantities to express the fooling feeling at home and carry at least a 0 spark of christmas cheer to enliven the soldiers camp thousands of pounds of raun pudding were sent out but the demand was far in excess of the supply a fact which gave greater urgency to the demand and by concentrating general in the pudding added immensely to its popularity and es dlly as aa the soldier called loudly for or more the result Is that today the bulk of plum pudding consumed in the united kingdom Is supplied by public purveyors and hundreds of thousands of pounds are shipped abroad manufacturers begin active operations as soon as the new crops of raisins currants and other required fruits appear in september all the constituents of plum pudding which do not include plums are prepared and manipulated by elaborate and expensive machinery currants are washed and stems removed raisins are atoned nuts are shelled and ground oranges and lemons are peeled the peel candled candied and cut up eggs are beaten and all other ingredients prepared by machinery exclusive of inick and rum the ingredients used by a single manufacturer in supplying plum pudding to meet tho the demands of the christmas season of 1910 aggregated pounds the number of puddings furnished aggregating there are three or four london manufacturers says bays dally daily consular cont Con ular Lular and trade reports each of whose output perhaps equaled that described and there are quite a large number of smaller es ea In which plum pudding was supplied for home and foreign consumption 11 the pudding is put up in packages weighing one to live five pounds each and securely packed to insure preservation and safe transportation properly pro pared and packed the plum blum pudding of england with ordinary care on thi the part of the housewife will retain its virtues for a year or more |